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WILLIAM BARNEY, JR. 



COMMODORE JOSHUA BARNEY 





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EVERETT HOSMER BARNEY 



GEORGE MURRAY BARNEY 




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COMMODORE JOSHUA BARNEY 
In full French uniform 



Courtesy oj 

Mrs. Richard T. Yoe 
Miss Bonnycastle 
Louisville, Kentucky 



COMMODORE 
JOSHUA BARNEY 

Many interesting facts connected with the life 
OF Commodore Joshua Barney, hero of the 
United States Navy 1776-1812, also a com- 
pilation OF genealogical material re- 
lating to Commodore Barney's an- 
cestors and descendants, with 
valuable records for those 
IN search of Barney 

FAMILY connections 



Compiled by 
William Frederick Adams 



Privately Printed 
Springfield Massachusetts 

Nineteen Hundred and Twelve 



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Copyright 1912 

by 

William Frederick Adams 



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Note — The claim Is made by the compiler of this 
book that William Barney the first, Baltimore (about) 
1695, ancestor of Commodore Joshua Barney, came 
probably from the original New England line and of 
Jacob, Salem, 1634. Much time and money have been 
expended in the research for the ancestors of William the 
first, Baltimore, and still the record is not complete. It 
is hoped that future research among the descendants of 
Commodore Joshua Barney may reveal the ancestral line 
wanted, and place beyond question the true ancestry 
of the illustrious Commodore Joshua Barney, United 
States Navy 1776-18 12. Such honors as were his have 
been given to but few men in the history of our country. 



CONTENTS 

PAGE 

William Barney and Henry Sater bond to Morgan 

Murray 21 

"Morgan Murry Conveyr to Mary Stevenson and to 

Elizabeth Barney Gift" 23 

"William Barney, his patent 'Pearsons and Benjamins 

Lott' Containing 150 Acres" 33 

Barney Genealogy 41 

William Barney the First. Last Will and Testament 47 
Indenture between William Barney and John Beale 

Bordley 53 

Plat of "Morgan's Delight" 57 

Platof "Timber Ridge" 59 

Conveyance Records, Superior Court, Baltimore City, 

Maryland 61 

Baltimore City Records and Land Records ... 63 
St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore County, Marriage Record, 

Vol. I, Page 167 64 

Baltimore American 80 

Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department. Record of 
service of the late Capt. Joshua Barney, United 

States Navy 81 

John Paul Jones Tablet (Dedication) 106 

St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore County, Maryland, Regis- 
ter of Births, Marriages and Deaths 115 

Saint Thomas Parish Records, Baltimore . . . . 118 
First Presbyterian Church Records, Baltimore . . 119 

"From the Baltimore American'^ 120 

A few facts in connection with the " Biographical Mem- 
oir of Commodore Joshua Barney, 1759-1818 . . 124 



Commodore Joshua Barney during an Interesting 

period of our country 132 

Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, 1788 144 

Mill Prison, Plymouth, England 148 

Lieut. Joshua Barney dissatisfied with the treatment 

by the Government 150 

Commodore Barney In New England 152 

Battle of Bladensburg, Maryland, August 24, 1814 . 157 
"Resolved By the Board of Aldermen and Board of 

Common Council of the City of Washington" . , 160 
Elegiac Stanzas on the Death of Sir Peter Parker . 163 
"Resolved by the Mayor and City Council of Balti- 
more" ' 166 

Newspapers of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania .... 168 

The Torpedo Boat Barfiey . . . . . . . . 177 

The Petition Presented to Congress 181 

Joshua Barney — John Paul Jones 184 

Captain Jerome Bonaparte 192 

Jacob Barney, 1634 200 

Library of Congress — Maps and publications referring 

to the Battle of Bladensburg 201 

Barney (or Barne) family; from English sources . . 206 
A partial list of writings and documents published, re- 
lating to Commodore Joshua Barney and others by 

the name of Barney 213 

Index 217 



ILLUSTRATIONS 

Everett Hosmer Barney, Portrait. ' 

Commodore Joshua Barney . . . frontispiece '/ 

FOLLOWING 
PAGE 

Map showing the location of the original lot purchased 

by William Barney the First, 1734 30 

Map showing location of land mentioned in the Will of 

William Barney the First 35 

William Stevenson Barney. Portrait by M. de Saint- 

Memin, 1798 75 

Monument erected by the Allegheny Cemetery, Pitts- 
burg, Pennsylvania, 1880, in memory of Commodore 

Joshua Barney 76 

"Mount Barney," Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburg, 

Pennsylvania 76 

Entrance to Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburg, Penn- 
sylvania 76 . 

Captain Joshua Barney. Portrait. Independence 

Hall, Philadelphia 80 

Louis Barney. Portrait by M. de Saint-Memin, 1804 90 

William Joshua Barney. Portrait 100^ 

Mrs. Charlotte (Warner) Barney and son William 

Joshua Barney, Junior. Portraits 100 

The John Paul Jones House, Fredericksburg, Virginia 106' 
John Paul Jones Tablet, Fredericksburg, Virginia . 106 i 

Josephine Carter Barney. Portrait loS- 

Commodore Joshua Barney. Portrait. James Wood, 

Engraver, 1798-1807 121 

Commodore Joshua Barney, U. S. N. Portrait . . 121 
Joshua Barney. Portrait by Chappel, Johnson, Fry & 

Co., New York, 1862 128 

Hyder-Ally and General Monk 132 



FOLLOW 



Home of the American Flag 

Knee-buckles and Masonic Apron of Commodore 

Joshua Barney 

Action between the Hyder-Ally and the General Monk, 

April 8, 1782. Photogravure 

Sword presented to Commodore Joshua Barney by the 

State of Pennsylvania. Photogravure .... 
Commodore Joshua Barney. Medallion painted by 

Jean Baptiste Isabey, 1767-1855 

French Boarding Pistol 

Sea-chest of Commodore Joshua Barney .... 
Commodore Joshua Barney's Marine-Glass 

Adele Everett Yoe. Portrait 

"Silver Bag" 

Ring and Knee-buckles worn by Commodore Joshua 

Barney 

Commodore Joshua Barney. Portrait .... 

Robert Morris. Portrait 

Sketch of Plymouth Sound, England 

Martyrs' Monument, Brooklyn, N. Y 

Tablet. Fort Green Park, Brooklyn, N. Y. . . . 
Commodore Joshua Barney. Portrait. Miniature by 

Isabey 

"Order of Cincinnati" original badge 

Commission of Captain Joshua Barney, April 25, 1814 
Battlefield of Bladensburg, Maryland, August 24, 1814 
Bladensburg, Maryland, Battlefield, August 24, 18 14 
Battlefield, August 24, 1814, Bladensburg, Maryland 

Battlefield of Bladensburg, Maryland 

Bladensburg, Maryland. Old Carlton Mill . . . 
Bladensburg, Maryland. Location in Main Street, 

where stood the old hotel 

Bladensburg, Maryland. Barney Spring, Battlefield, 

Duel Ground 



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The Old Calvert Mansion, Bladensburg, Maryland 158 • 

The Old Calvert Mansion "Doorway" . . . . 158- 

Bladensburg, Maryland, Main Street 158 

Bladensburg, Maryland, Main Street 158 ^ 

Bladensburg, Maryland, Main Street 158' 

Bladensburg, Maryland 158- 

Sword presented to Commodore Barney by the City of 

Washington 160 

Joshua Barney. Portrait drawn by W. Croome . . 162 
Copy of a portrait of Commodore Joshua Barney in the 

Mayor's Office, Baltimore, Maryland .... 166 
British Musket-ball received in Battle of Bladensburg, 
Maryland, August 24, 1814, by Commodore Joshua 

Barney 168 •' 

First Presbyterian Church, 1 804-1 853, Pittsburg, 

Pennsylvania 174 

Plan of Govanstown, Maryland, at a period beginning 

about 1810 192 

Monument erected to the memory of Jerome Napoleon 
Bonaparte, Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, 

Maryland 194 

Madam Jerome Bonaparte (Elizabeth Patterson) . . 194 
Old Academy, Govanstown, Maryland .... 194 
Bonaparte Stable, Govanstown, Maryland . . . 194 
Old Race Track, Govanstown, Maryland .... 194 
Monument erected to the memory of Elizabeth Patter- 
son Bonaparte, Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, 

Maryland 196 

"Ye Old Tavern," 1760, West Brookfield, Massachu- 
setts, situated on the "Old Bay Path" between 

Springfield and Worcester 198 

George M. Barney. Portrait 200 

Joshua Barney. Tablet 203 



William Barney and Henry Sater 

Bond to 
Morgan Murray 



The earliest record yet found relating to William Barney 
the first, Baltimore (about) 1695 



William Barney i^ Henry Safer 

Bond to 

Morgan Murray. 



Maryland Set. 
Knozv all men by 
these Presents that we 



William Barney and Henry Sater both of Baltimore 
County are held and firmly bound unto Alorgan Murray 
of the County aforesaid his heirs i^ executors adminis- 
trators and assigns in the full and just sum of One hundred 
and fifty pounds sterling money of Great Brittain to be paid 
to the said Morgan Murray or his aforesaid heirs execu- 
tors administrators or assigns or either of them. To which 
payment well and truly to be made and done we bind us 
and either of us and every one of our heirs, executors admin- 
istrators and assigns jointly If? severally firmly by these 
presents sealed with our seals and dated this i^th day of 
January lyoy. 

The Conditio7i of the above Obligation is such that 
whereas the above Morgan Murray did formerly pass a 
Bond of Performance for the making over One hundred 
and fifty acres of Land out of a tract of land called Mor- 
gan's Delight U7ito Mr. Edward Stevenson or his heirs 
which said land the said Murray has at the request of 



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Mrs. Mary Stevenson this day conveyed iinto herself and 
the said Bond 7iot to be found. Witnesseth that if the 
above bound William Barney or Henry Sater or their 
heirs executors or assigns or either of them doth at the rea- 
sonable request or Demand of the above aforesaid Morgan 
Murray his heirs or assigns the aforesaid bond of per- 
formance Deliver up to the said Murray or his said heirs, 
or if the said Bo7id not found doe indemnify i^ forever 
save keep harmless the said Murray or his said heirs from 
the said Bond or any damage which may hereafter come by 
the said Bond or by any person or persons mentioned in 
the said Bond, then the above Obligation to be void and of 
none effect, otherwise to stand and remain in full force 
power and virtue in law. 

Signed sealed iff Delivered Willam Barney 

in presence of The mark of the within 
John Passley, Christopher named 

Randall Henry X Sater 

Copy taken from Liber T.R. No. R.A. folio 481. One of 
the Land Records of Baltimore County. 



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Alorgan Murry conveyr to 

Mary Stevenson y 

to 

Elizabeth Barney Gift. 



This i7identure tnade 
the fifteenth day of Jan- 
iiary in the year of our 
Lord one thousand seven 



hundred and fourteen Between Morgan Morray of Balti- 
more County planter of the one part ^ Mary Stevenson of 
the said County Widow of the other part. Witnesseth that 
the said Morgan Morray for valuable consideration to him 
in hand or secured to be paid before the ensealing y De- 
livery of these presents by the said Mary Stevenson whereof 
iff wherewith he the said Morgan Morray doth acknowledge 
himself to be fully satisfied contented iff paid iff of every part 
iff parcel thereof doth fully clearly iff absolutely acquit iff 
discharge the said Mary Stevenson her heirs Exr. Adm. 
iff every of them forever by these presents Hath given granted 
bargained sold aliened enfeofed iff Confirmed iff by these 
presents doth fully Clearly iff Absolutely give grant bar- 
gain sell Alien, Enfeof iff Confirm unto the said Mary 
Stevenson her heirs iff assigns forever a certain moiety or 
parcel of Land being part of a tract or parcell of Land. 
Called or known by the name of Morgans Delight situate 
on the North Side of Patapsco River on a Ridge called 
Little Bretain which said moiety containing one hundred 
y fifty acres is as follows Viz Beginning at A Bounded 
red oak being the third bounded tree of the Original tract 
Called Morgans Delight iff Running thence East One 

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hundred if^ seven perches thence Running North two 
hundred iff thirty perches thence Running West One hun- 
dred ifj Seven perches and thence Running South two 
hundred iff thirty perches to the first tree. Containing iff 
now laid out for one hundred iff Fifty acres of Land more 
or less with all and Singular its woods underwoods Timber 
Timber Trees iff all other its rights members Jurisdictions 
iff Appertenances thereunto belonging or iji any ways Apper- 
taining And Also all the Estate Right title Interest Posses- 
sion property Claim and Demand Whatsoever of him the 
said Morgan Morray in or to the same and all Other 
Estate Right Title Interest Claim Challenge and Whatso- 
ever of any person or Persons Whatsoever claiming or 
which shall hereafter pretend to lay Claim thereto iff also 
all Deeds writings Whatsoever touching or Covering only 
the Premises To Have iff to Hold the said piece or parcell 
of Land iff all iff singular the Premises with iff every of 
these Appurtenances before by those presents bargained iff 
Sold, iff every part iff parcell thereof unto the said Mary 
Stevenson her heirs Exr. Adm. iff Assigns forever iff to the 
only Proper use iff behoof of her the said Mary Steven- 
son her heirs Executors iff Assigns forever. And he the 
said Morgan Morray doth hereby for himself his heirs 
Executors Administrators Covenant Promise grant iff 
agree to and with the said Mary Stevenson her heirs Execu- 
tors administrators and assigns that the aforesaid piece or 
Parcell of Land with all other the before granted Premises 



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zvith the apurtenances and every Part or Parcell thereof 
unto the said Mary Stevenson her heirs Executors Admin- 
istrators and Assigns Against him the said Morgan 
Morray his heirs Exr. Admr. And agaifist All other person 
or Persons whatsoever shall and will warrent And forever 
defined by these Presents and further the said Morgan 
Morray doth hereby for himself his heirs Executors and 
Administrators covenant Promise grant and agree to with 
the said Mary Stevenson her heirs Executors Adminis- 
trators and assigns that the hereby bargained and sold Land 
and Premises is free and clear freely and clearly acquited 
a7id discharged of and from all and all manner of former 
and other bargains sailes entailes leases Joynters dowers 
mortgages rents arreages of Rent statutes recognizances 
Issues fines amerciaments Judgments executions <ff of 
and from all other titles charges troubles and Incum- 
brances whatsoever had made suffered or done by Morgan 
Morray his heirs Executors or Administrators or any other 
Person or Persons zvhatsoever {the Rents and serveses 
which shall hereafter grow due or Payable to the Chief 
Lord or Lords of the fee only excepted and fore prized) and 
lastly the said Morgan Morray doth hereby for himself his 
heirs executors or administrators Covenant promise grant 
and agree to and with the said Mary Stevenson her heirs 
Executors or administrators or Assigns that he the said 
Morgan Morray will from time to time And at all times 
hereafter at the reasonable request and at the Proper Cost 

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and Charges in the Law of her the Said Mary Stevenson 

her heirs, Exrs. Admis. or Assigns make doe suffer 

acknowledge ly execute all and everysuch further Lawful 

act y acts thing and things devise and devises conveyances 

iff assureances in the Law whatsoever for the further and 

better assureance Surety and sure makeing the Aforesaid 

peice or Parcell of Land and Premises tmto the said Mary 

Stevenson her heirs Exr. Admis. or Assigns forever or her 

or their councell learned in the Law shall be devised or 

required. In Witness whereof the said Morgan Morray 

to this present Indenture hath set his hand and seal the day 

and year first Above Written 

Morgan Morray {Seal) 

Signed sealed and delivered in presence of US 
John Passley; Christopher Randall 

January i6th, 1717 there came before us Peter Bond and 
John Israeli two of his Lordships Justices of the County 
of Baltimore the within Named Morgan Morray and 
acknowledged the within Land ifj premises to be the right 
iff Interest of the within named Mary Steve?ison her heirs 
y assigns forever at the same time was also present Sarah 
Morray wife of the aforesaid Morgan Morray who being 
privately examined declared her free and Voluntary Con- 
sent thereto taken and acknowledged before us 

Peter Bond John Israeli 

Sept. ye ist 174.7. Then Received six shillings sterling 
for an alienation fine of the within Land for the use of the 

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Lord Baltimore by order of Be^ija. Tasker Esq. if^ Thos. 
Franklin. 

To all Christian People to zvhom this present writing 
shall come I Mary Stevenson of Baltimore County widow 
send greeting Know ye that I the said Mary Stevenson for y 
in consideration of the Natural Love and affection that I 
have y do bear unto my loving Daughter Elizabeth Barney 
cff also for divers other good Causes and Considerations me 
at this present time Especially moving Have given granted 
i^by these present do give grant l^ Conffrm unto her the said 
Elizabeth Barney her heirs tff assigns forever a parcell of 
land called Bottoys Inheritence being part of Tract of land 
called Morgan's Delight situate lying ^ being on the north 
side of Patapsco River on a Ridge Called Little Britain 
Being at a bounded Red oak being the Third bounded Tree 
of ye Original Tract called Morgafis Delight ^ Running 
thence East one hundred and seven perches thence then 
Running North Two hundred and Thirty Perches then 
Running West one hundred l^ seven Perches i^ then Run- 
ning South two hundred ^ Thirty Perches to the first Tree 
Containing ^ now laid out for one hundred Iff Fifty acres 
of Land more or less. To Have ^ to Hold the afd one 
hundred Fifty acres of Land with all Iff Singular its 
woods underwoods with all Rights Priviledges y Benefits 
thereunto belonging iff in any wise appertaining unto her 
the said Elizabeth Barney her heirs iff assigns forever to 
her iff their Propper use and Behoof forever freely iff 

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Quietly zvithout any manner of challenge Claim or demand 
of me the said Mary Stevenson any heirs Executors Ad- 
ministrators or any other person or persons Claiming from 
by or under me my heirs Executors or Administrators Any 
Right Property Interest or Claim in or to the said Land i^ 
Premises without any money or other thifig therefor to be 
yielded paid or done to me the said Mary Stevenson my 
heirs Executors or Administrators l^ I the said Mary 
Stevenson all 13 Singidar the afd land i3 Premises to the 
afd Elizabeth Barney her heirs ^ assigns to the use 
Aforesd against any heirs Executors 13 Administrators 
or any other person or Persons from by or under me or by 
my means or procurement do warrent i3 forever Defend 
by these presents. Know Ye that I the said Mary Steven- 
son have put the said Elizabeth Barney in Peaceable i3 
Quiet Possession of All 13 Singular the afd land 13 Prem- 
ises by delivering unto her at Ensealing here of one Coined 
peace of Silver Comonly a Shilling fixed on the seal of 
these Presents In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand 13 seal this Sixteenth day of January 1717. 

The mark of the above named 

Mary X Stevenson {Seal) 
Signed SeaPd 13 Delivered in 
Presents of us Thomas Taylor — John Passley. 

January the Sixteenth Seventeen hundred 13 Seventeen 
then came before us Peter Bond y John Israeli two of his 
Lordships Justices of the peace for the County of Baltimore 

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the within named Mary Stevenson iff acknowledged the 
within Land ^ Premises to be the Right Title and Interest 
of the within named Elizabeth Barney her heirs iff Assigns 
forever taken l^ acknowledged before us Peter Bond J no. 
Israeli. 

An Act Enabling and Requiring the Clerk of Baltimore 
Comity Court to Record a Deed of bargain iff Sale from 
Morgan Morray to Mary Stevenson iff the making valid 
the same. Whereas William Barney of Baltimore County 
by his humble Petition to this General Assembly set forth 
that he is one iff heir to Elizabeth Barney late of said 
County deceased i^ that a certain Morgan Morray late of 
said County Deceased was seized in fee as the Petitioner 
supposes of the one moiety of a Tract of Land in said 
County Called Morgans Delight iff conveyed the Same to 
a certain Mary Stevenson, the same moiety being one 
hundred and Fifty acres, that the said Mary Stevenson by 
deed of Gift gave the same to the said Elizabeth Barney 
that on the Fifteenth day of January in the year of our 
Lord Seventeen hundred and Seventeen the said Morgan 
Morray for a valuable Consideration Actually Executed 
a deed of bargain iff sale for the said Land iff acknowl- 
edged the same before two of his Lordships then Justices of 
the Peace for the County aforesaid. Yet that from the 
Ignorance of the grantees the said Deeds were never Re- 
corded the truth of which Alligations sufficiently appears 
to this General Assembly It is therefore Prayed that it may 

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Enact y he it Enacted hy the Right Honorable the Lord 
Proprietor by i^ with the advice and Consent oj his Lord- 
ships' Governor i^ the uper iff Lower houses of Assembly 
iff the authority of the same that the Clerk of Baltimore 
County Court do iff shall at the instance of the said William 
Barney Record the aforesaid Deed of Bargain i^ Sale so as 
aforesaid made iff acknowledged among the Land Records 
of said County at any time within the space of six months 
from iff after the end of this Session of Assembly iff that 
when the same is so Recorded the same Deed iff the Record 
thereof shall be as good i^ Valid in Law as if the same 
Deed had been Recorded as the Law Directs within the 
space of six months from the date thereof any Law usage 
or Custom to the Contrary Notzvithstanding Saving to his 
most Sacred Majesty his heirs iff Successors to the Right 
Honorable the Lord Proprietor his heirs iff Successors iff 
to all bodies Politick and Corporate iff all others not men- 
tioned in this Act their several i^ respective Rights. 

Received September the first Seventeen hundred iff forty 
seven iff then Recorded. 

I. V. Talbott Risteau, Clerk of Baltimore County Court. 



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' Map showing the location of the original lot purchased by William Barney 

.1 first, 1734. 

I Fort McHenry on the Patapsco River. An attack during the War of 1812 

■•nished the theme for the well-known words of the Star Spangled Banner by 

:S. Key. 

j Also part of a tract of land called "Morgan's Delight" on north side of Patapsco 

■ver deeded in 1717 by Mary Stevenson to her daughter Elizabeth, wife of 

'lUiam Barney the first. 

':wn especially 
ithis work. 



William Barney^ his Patent 
^^ Pearsons and Befijamins Lott, 
Containing 150 acres. 



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Charles ^ C. Know 
ye that for and in con- 
sideration that William 



Barney of Baltimore County, in our said Province of 
Maryland, hath due unto him one hundred and fifty acres 
of land, within our said Province, by virtue of so much 
part of a Warrant for two hundred and fifty acres granted 
him the ninth day of December, seventeen hundred and 
thirty-one, as appears in our Land Office, and upon such 
conditions and terms as are expressed in our conditions 
of plantation of our said Province bearing date the fifth 
day of April, sixteen hundred and eighty-four, and re- 
maining upon record in our said Province together with 
such alterations as in them are made by our further condi- 
tions bearing date the fourth day of December, sixteen 
hundred and ninety-six, together also with the alterations 
made by our instructions bearing date at London the 
twelfth day of September, seventeen hundred and twelve 
and registered in our Secretary"* s office of our said Province. 

We do therefore hereby grant unto him the said William 
Barney, all that tract or parcel of land called ^^ Pearsons 
and Benjamins Lott^"* lying and being in the County 
aforesaid. 

Beginning at two bounded white oaks and a bounded 
Spanish oak standing on the head of a glade which de- 
scends into the Western Fork of Gunpowder Falls; and 

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running thence North seventy-eight degrees West one hun- 
dred and forty-six perches; then North six degrees West 
fifty perches; then North seventy-five degrees East eighty 
perches; then North seventy perches; thence East one 
hundred and forty-six perches; thence by a direct line to 
the first hounded trees. Containing and now laid out for 
one hundred and fifty acres of land, more or less, accord- 
ing to the certificate of survey thereof, taken and returned 
into our Land Office hearing date the sixteenth day of May, 
seventeen hundred and thirty-two and there reinaining; 
together with all rights, profits, benefits and privileges 
thereunto belonging, {Royal Mines Excepted). To Have 
and To Hold the same unto him the said William Barney, 
his heirs and assigns forever. To be holden of us and our 
heirs as of our manor of Baltimore in Baltimore County 
in free and common soccage by fealty only for all manner 
of services, yielding and paying therefor yearly unto us 
and our heirs at our receipt at the City of St. Mary^s at 
the two most usual feasts in the year, viz: the feast of the 
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Michael 
the Arch-A7igel by even and equal portions the rent of six 
shillings, sterling, in silver or gold, and for a fine upon 
every alienation of the said land or any part or parcel 
thereof, one whole yearns rent in silver or gold or the full 
value thereof, in such commodities as we and our heirs or 
such officer or officers as shall be appointed by us and our 
heirs from time to time to collect and receive the same, 



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shall accept in discharge thereof at the choice of us and our 
heirs or such officer or officers aforesaid; provided that if 
the said sum for a fine for alienation shall not be paid unto 
us and our heirs or such officer or officers aforesaid, before 
such alienation, and the said alienation entered upon 
record either in the Provincial Court or County Court 
where the same parcel of land lyeth, within one month next 
after such alienation, then the said alienation shall be void 
and of no effect. 

Given under our Great Seal of our said Province of 
Maryland, this tenth day of June, seventeen hundred and 
thirty-four. 

Witness our trusty and well beloved Samuel Ogle, Es- 
quire, Lieutenant General and Chief Governor of our said 
Province of Maryland, Chancellor and Keeper of the 
Great Seal thereof. 



Saml. 



The 
Great Seal 



Ogle, Chanr. 



Recorded in the Liber E. i. No. 4, folio 116, one of the 
record books on file in the Land Office of Maryland, 
Baltimore. 



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Barney 

I William, Baltimore (1695?) 
II William 

III Joshua (Commodore) 

IV William Bedford 

(V, VI, VII, VIII, IX in part) 



I WILLIAM BARNEY 



I— WILLIAM BARNEY 

Born 

Died 1746 (Will dated 1746) 

(Will probated 

March 19, 1746) 

Married (i) Elizabeth, daughter of Edward 
Stevenson 

She died 



Note. — In 171 7 Mary Stevenson deeded (as a gift) 
to her daughter Elizabeth Barney, "Bottoy's inher- 
itance" 150 acres, part of a tract called "Morgan's 
Delight," on north side of Patapsco River. The deed 
was not recorded, and in 1747 William Barney the son 
of Elizabeth, petitioned the General Assembly to secure 
the title in him by having the deed recorded; that is, 
the deed from Morgan Murray to Mary Stevenson of a 
moiety of Morgan's Delight, 150 acres. 

Children of William and Elizabeth (Stevenson) 
Barney: 

I. William Eldest son (father of Commo- 
dore Joshua Barney) 
Born March 20, 171 8 (Record Saint 
Paul's Parish, Baltimore County, Mary- 
land, Register of Births, Marriages and 
Deaths, Volume i, page 46) 
Died August 19, 1773 

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Married Frances Holland Watts, Janu- 
ary 26, 1743, and she died June 27, 
1788, Baltimore 

2. Martha, Eldest daughter (evidently 

daughter of Elizabeth) and wife of 
Richard Hooker, and so mentioned in 
the will 

Married (2) Mary 

Children of William and Mary ( ) Barney 

(will states by my wife Mary) 

3. Absalom, by wife Mary 

Born October 2, 1722, Baltimore 
Was guardian of William Jr. 

4. Benjamin by wife Mary 

Married Delilah Bozley, April 23, 1758 
(Record Saint Paul's Parish, Joppa, 
Harford County, Maryland, page 217) 

5. William(SecondsonWilliam)bywifeMary 

Born March 6, 1734-5, Baltimore 

6. Moses by wife Mary 

Married Sarah Bond April 5, 1758 

Children: 

1. Thomas born July 19, 1759 

2. Benjamin born January 17, 1761 

3. Anna born December 9, 1762 

4. Elizabeth born 

Married Edward Trippe, Febru- 
ary 25, 1794 

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y. Mary, daughter of Mary 
Born May 23, 1726 
Married Richard Rutter 

8. Ruth, daughter of Mary 
Born January 28, 1732 
Married Mordecai Ford 



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Last Will and Testament of 
William Barney the First 



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WILLIAM BARNEY THE FIRST 



Last Will and Testament of 
William Barney. 



In some Good degree of 
the fear of Almighty God. 



It seameth good to me William Barney Senr. of Baltimore 
County in the Province of Maryland, planter, to make 
this my last Will and Testament as relating to those things 
that pleased God to favour me with in this present world 
being at this time in perfect memory and disposing mind, 
first my will and desire is that all my just Debts due from 
me with my funeral Expences be well and truly paid. 
Eitem. I have given unto my Eldest Son William Barney 
Six pound Sterling which I have already paid Henery 
Morgan upon his account and that to be his full and final 
part of all my Estate. Eitem. I give and bequeath to my 
Eldest Daughter Martha wife to Richard Hooker one 
neagro Girl named Gate and her Increas to her and her 
heirs for ever and that to be her full and final part of all 
my Estate. Eitem. I give and bequeath to my Son Ab- 
solam Barney all that Tract of Land he now lives on to 
him and his heirs forever. Eitem. I give and bequeath 
to my Son Benjamin Barney one Tract of Land called 
Absolams Chance to him and his heirs forever. Eitem. 
I give and bequeath to my Second Son William Barney by 
my wife Mary one Tract of Land called Chilcotes Hazard 

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to htm and his heirs forever. Eitem. I give and bequeath 
to my Son Moses Barney at the Deceas of my dear wife 
that Tract of Land bought of John Beard called Timber 
Ridge to him and his heirs forever, Eitem. I give and 
bequeath to my Daughter Mary Barney one negro Girl 
named Beck she and her Increas to her and her heirs for- 
ever to be paid her more than an equal part of my Estate 
with the rest of my Children. Eitem. I give and bequeath 
to my Daughter Ruth Barney one neagro boy named Tef 
her and her heirs forever, to be paid her more than an equal 
part of my Estate with the rest of my Children. Eitem. 
I give and bequeath to my dear wife Mary Barney four 
neagros at her choice forever and that to be in the Roorn of 
her Thirds of the neagro, and Lastly, my will and desire 
is that my dear wife should be iny hole and sole Ecctress of 
all my Estate and after a due apprasement my Estate to be 
Eaquilly devivided amongst my Children namely Absolam, 
Benjamin, William and Moses and Mary and Ruth they 
all living by my wife Mary Barney and that her Riding 
Horse be not apraised in the Estate and this being my last 
will and Testament and Revolting a7id Disanuling all 
other wills and Testaments. In Witness hereof I have 
hereunto set my harid and Seal this Twenty eth Day of 

February i'j4.6 ly. 

William Barney {Seat) 



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Signed Sealed and Acknowledge 
In the Presants of us 
Job Evans 
John Evans 
Jahez Morray 

March igth 174.6. Then came Job Evans, John Evans, 
and Jabez Morray the subscribing Witnesses to the within 
Will and being Solemnly sworn on the holy Evangelists of 
Almighty God, depose and say that they saw the Testator 
William Barney Sign the within Will, and heard him 
publish and declare the same to be his last Will and Testa- 
ment, That at the time of his so doing he was to the best of 
their apprehension of sound and disposing mind and 
memory, and that they subscribed their respective names 
as witnesses to the said will, in the presence of the said 
Testator, and at his Request. 

Sworn to before Thomas White Deputy Commissary 
Baltimore County. 

March ig, 1746. The widow of William Barney ap- 
peared before me and made her Election to abide by her 
Thirds of her husband's Estate and not by the Will. 

of 

Thos. White, D.C. B. Cty. 
{Taken from Wills ''Liber A'' No. i, folio 370 ^ C. 
being one of the records filed, recorded and kept in the 
office of Register of Wills for Baltimore City.) 



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Third Day of March, 1767 



THIS INDENTURE made the third day of March in 
the year seventeen hundred and sixty seven, BETWEEN 
William Barney of Baltimore Comity in Maryland Inn- 
holder and Frances his wife of the one part and John 
Beale Bordley of the same place of the other part, WIT- 
NESSETH that said Willia77i Barney and Frarices his 
wife for and in consideration of the sum of Six hundred 
pounds current money to them by the John Beale Bordley 
in hand already paid the receipt whereof they hereby 
acknowledge Have granted bargained and sold, aliened 
and transferred and by these presents they the said Wil- 
liam Barney and Fra^ices his wife, do grant bargai^i and 
sell alien ^ transfer and confirm unto the said John 
Beale Bordley and his Heirs and Assigns for ever All 
that tract piece or parcell {or tracts and pieces or parcells) 
of Land whereon the said William Barney and Frances 
his Wife lately lived, and which they yet have in posses- 
sion, called or known by the name of Barneys Inheritance 
or by whatever name or names the same is or are hath or 
have been called or known lying situate on and near to a 
branch of Bear Creek in Baltimore County aforesaid con- 
taining two hundred and ninety seven acres or thereabouts 
and all the Estate right title interest claim and demand 
whatsoever, of them the said William Barney ^ Frances 
his wife, or either of them of in or to the said Land with 



the appurtenances thereto belonging together with all 
power and Equity of redemption whatsoever both in Law 
and Equity which the said William Barney and Frances 
his wife or either of them their or either of their heirs, or 
assigns might or could have or can or may have or claim 
by force means or virtue of any condition Defeasance 
clause agreement or otherways or means whatsoever. To 
have and to hold the aforesaid Land and premises with 
the appurtenances unto the said John Beale Bordley his 
heirs tfj assigns to the only use i^ behoof of the said 
Bordley and his heirs and assigns forever, and to or for 
no other use, intent or purpose whatsoever and the said John 
Beale Bordley for himself and his heirs doth covenant 
with the said William Barney ^ Frances his wife and 
their heirs that twenty feet square shall remain unplowed 
or broken for a grave yard to the said Williain Barney iff 
Frances his wife to include the graves of his children 
already buried and the said William Barney iff Frances 
his wife and either of them and their or either of their 
heirs shall have free access thereto {upon notice first being 
given to the said John Beale Bordley or his heirs) for the 
burying any their children husbands or wifes within the 
said grave yard l^ the said William Barney and Frances 
his wife and either of the7n for themselves and their re- 
spective heirs covena7it with the said John Beale Bordley 
his heirs and assigns that they and either of them their or 
either of their heirs shall make do suffer and execute all 

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such further and other reasonable acts and assurances as 
in the law for the better conveying and assuring the said 
Land and premises to the said John Beale Bordley and 
his heirs and assigns as aforesaid as by the said John 
Beale Bordley his heirs ^ assigns or his or their council 
Learned in the Law shall be reasonably devised or advised 
and required. 

In Witness whereof the said parties have hereto inter- 
changeably set their hands and seals the day and year 
above written. 

Signed Sealed iff delivered 
in the presence of us 



Robert Manly John Lees 



W. Barney {Seal) 

her 
■ Frances Holland Barney 

mark 
J. Beale Bordley {Seal) 



On the back of the foregoing deed was thus written, 
viz: 

March ^rd lydy Received of the within named John 

Beale Bordley six hundred pounds current money being 

the consideration money within mentioned to be by him 

paid. 

£ 600 

Witness Robert Manley W. Barney 

John Lees 
Baltimore County to wit. Be it remembered that on the 
second day of June in the year seventeen hundred Iff sixty 
seven came before us the subscribers two of his Lordships 

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Justices of Baltimore County Court the within named 

William Barney and Frances his wife parties to the 

within Indenture ^ jointly and severally acknowledged 

the within Indenture to be their act and deed and that the 

land and premises within mentioned are the right and 

estate of the within named John Beale Bordley to hold to 

him and his heirs and assigns forever according to the 

purport and true intent ^ meaning of the same Indenture 

and the said Frances {the wife aforesaid) beifig by us 

examined privately out of the hearing of her said husband 

whether she doth make her acknowledgement aforesaid 

willingly and freely a7id without being induced thereto by 

fear or threats of ill usage by her husband or fear of his 

displeasure doth out of the hearing of her said husbafid as 

aforesaid answer in the affirmative i^ doth acknowledge 

the same Indenture to be her act and deed willingly and 

freely and without being induced thereto by the fear or 

threats or ill usage by her said husband or fear of his 

displeasure. 

William Aisquith 

Benjamin Rogers 

Received the sth day of June 176"/. 

True copy taken from Liber DD No. 4 folio 234 &ch. 
one of the Land record Books of the late General Court 
deposited and lodged in and belonging to the office of 
the Court of Appeals of the State of Maryland held for 
the Western shore. 

Test Th. Harris Jun"". Clk. 

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Maryland 

Land Commissioner's Office 

Annapolis 

Baltimore unpatented Certificate No. 1044 
Certificate and plat of "Morgan's Delight" 
52 acres, surveyed for John Morgan, 
24th December, 1741, by Thomas White, sur- 
veyor. 



% 




Morgan's Delight 



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Baltimore County Ss: 

This is to certify that I have laid out for John Morgan 
of Baltimore County a tract of land lying on ye North side 
of Broad Creek being part of the lands reserved in ye said 
County for his Lordship's use. 

BEGINNING at a hounded Spanish Oak near ye head 
of a Branch that leads into ye great meadow and running 
thence South seventy degrees East one hundred and eighty 
perches, North twenty degrees West sixty perches, North 
seventy degrees West one hundred and eighty perches and 
thence by a straight line to ye beginning. 

Containing and laid out for Fifty-two acres more or less 
by ye name of ''MORGANS' DELIGHT." Dec'r 24th, 

1 7 41. 

Thos. White, Dep. Sur. Balto. Co'ty. 



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Maryland 

Land Commissioner's Office 

Annapolis 

Survey of tract of land "Timber Ridge," 
loo acres, made by Thomas White, surveyor, 
for John Beard, February 27, 1738. 



a^^ ■ •■ 




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COMMISSIONER OF THE LAND OFFICE. 

Baltimore County, Ss: 

By virtue oj a Common Warrant granted out oj his 
Lordship's Land Office, on ye iQth day of October, Anno 
Dam. 1738; to lay out for John Beard of Baltimore 
County one hundred acres of land. 

I Thomas White Deputy Surveyor of ye said County 
have laid out for the said John {by the name of John 
Beard) a tract of land in the same county: 

BEGINNING at a bounded White Oak by a branch 
called Ozbin's Cabbin Branch, and running thence South 
sixty-five degrees West ninety perches. North fifty degrees 
West thirty-six perches. North five degrees West thirty-two 
perches. North one hundred and fourteen perches, North 
eighty-five degrees East one hundred and ten perches. 
South twenty degrees East forty-eight perches, South eighty 
degrees West forty-two perches, and thence by a straight 
line to ye beginning; 

Containing and laid out for one hundred acres more or 
less to be held of ye Manor of Baltimore by ye name 0/ 
" TIMBER RIDGE.'' Feb'y 27th, 1738. 

Certified per 

Thos. White, Dep. Sur. B. C. 

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CONVEYANCE RECORDS SUPERIOR COURT 
BALTIMORE CITY MARYLAND 



171 8 William Barney (first) &c. to Morgan Murray 
Bond T. R. No. R. A. folio 481. 

1748 William Barney (second) to William Rogers Convy. 
T. R. No. C folio 71. 

"Property" Part of Morgan's Delight. 
1758 William Barney (second) to Thomas Bond &c. 
Convy. B No. G folio 373. 

"Property" Valiant Hazard. 

1757 William Barney (second) & Wfe. to John Ensor 
Convy. T. R. No. D folio 543. 

"Property" Barney's Inheritance 297 acres. 
, 1762 William Barney (second) &c. Thomas Rutter 
Convy. B No. K folio 30. 

"Property" Valiant Hazard 100 Acres. 

1773 William Barney (second) to Thomas Rutter 
Convy. A. L. No. G folio 6. 

"Property" Timber Ridge. 
1746 John Beard to William Barney (first) Convy. 
T. B. No. E folio 305. 

"Property" Timber Ridge 100 acres. 
(This was willed to William Barney's son Moses) 

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1748 Mary Barney to William Barney Convy. T. R. 
No. C folio 458. 

"Property" 100 Acres. 

1755 Solomon Sheilas to William Barney Bond B. B. 
No. I folio 10. 

1 75 1 Butler Absalom &c. to William Barney Convy. 
B No. G Folio 32. 

"Property" Valiant Hazard 100 Acres. 

1762 Bond Thomas to William Barney Release B No. 
K folio 27. 

"Property" Valiant Hazard. 



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BALTIMORE CITY RECORDS 



Relating to the Estate of William Barney the first: 

Liber D, folio 4, May 25, 1748. 

Liber E, No. 5, folio 264, November 9, 1752. 

Relating to the Estate of William Barney Junior. 
Liber F, No. 6, folio 347, March 2, 1775. 

LAND RECORDS 

H. W. S. No. I A, folio 64, April 29, 1738. 

Mary Barney (wife of William the first) purchased 
from James Chilcote for £40. a tract called "Valiant 
Hazard," 100 acres. 

Note. — In 1755 Absalom Barney purchased of Rich- 
ard Rutter "Valiant Hazard," 100 acres, and "Timber 
Ridge," 100 acres. 



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From the St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore County, Mar- 
riage Record, Vol. I, p. 167. 



"William Barney was married to Frances Holland 
Watts, January 26, 1743." 

Page 109 of the same record we find recorded Eliza- 
beth Barney daughter of William Barney and Frances 
Holland (Watts) his wife born April 27, 1745. 

Margrett Barney daughter of same born June 2, 

1747. 

Peggy Barney daughter of same born August 21, 
1749. 

John Holland Barney son of same born July 24, 1752. 

William Stevenson Barney son of same born Decem- 
ber 28, 1754. 

Mary Barney daughter of same born August 20,1757. 

Joshua Barney, son of same born July 6, 1759. 



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II WILLIAM BARNEY 



II— "WILLIAMS son of William^ and Elizabeth 
Barney- 
Born March 20, 171 8 

Married Frances Holland Watts, January 26, 
1743." (Saint Paul's Parish, Baltimore, 
Maryland, Register of Births, Marriages 
and Deaths, Volume I, Page 167.) 

She died June 27, 1788 in her 64th year, 
Baltimore, at the home of her son, Com- 
modore Joshua Barney. Buried in 
family burial ground in Patapsco Neck. 

He died August 19, 1773, Baltimore County, and 
was buried in Patapsco Neck. (He was 
killed by his eight-year old son who was 
playing with a pistol which was accident- 
ally discharged.) 



Children: 



I 



Elizabeth (evidently was named for the 
mother of William^ Barney, so would 
indicate again that William^ had Eliza- 
beth for his first wife.) 
Born April 27, 1745 

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2. Margret (or Margarett) (Saint Paul's 
Parish) 

Born June 2, 1747. (Baltimore County 
Register of Births, Marriages and 
Deaths, Volume I, page 198.) 
Died September 24, 1748 

3- Peggy 

Born August 21, 1749 

4. John Holland 

Born July 24, 1752 

Died March 25, 1840 

(Baptized, Maria Frances daughter 
of John Holland and Charity Barney, 
born November 28, 1797.) 

5. William Stevenson 

Born December 28, 1754 

6. Mary 

Born August 20, 1757 

7. Joshua 

Born July 6, 1759, Baltimore, Maryland 
Died December i, 1818, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania. Buried in First Presby- 
terian Church Cemetery. Removed to 
Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, to a 
circle of ground called "Mount Barney," 
May 12, 1848 

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Note. — Liber B, No. K, folio 27, March 27, 1762, 
William Barney, Junior, of Baltimore County is styled 
"Joiner." 

Note. — John Holland Barney was administrator of 
the estate of William Barney, Junior, in 1775. 

Note. — ^There were two families in Maryland in 1790 
the heads of which was William Barney, one settled in 
Baltimore County and one in Talbott County. 

The Baltimore County family included himself, wife 
and a son and daughter; the Talbott County one con- 
sisted of three males of sixteen years and upwards and 
three males under sixteen and four females, including 
the heads of the family. This information was found 
in the first census of Maryland, 1790. 



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Ill JOHN HOLLAND BARNEY 



Ill— *J0HN3 HOLLAND son of William* and Frances 
Holland (Watts) Barney 
Born July 24, 1752 
Died March 25, 1840 

(Possibly had first wife Elizabeth, as 
there is an entry in the record of Memoirs 
of the dead and Tomb's Remembrancer — 
"To the memory of Elizabeth Barney the 
wife of John Barney who departed this life 
January 15, Anno Domini 1784 in the 30th 
year of her age." (Episcopal burial ground, 
Baltimore, Maryland.) 

Married (2) Charity Stiles, Harford County, 
August 13, 1784 
She died February 4, 1824 

Children of John Holland and Charity (Stiles) 
Barney 

1. Maria Frances 

Born November 28, 1797 

2. Hebe 

Died March 19, 181 1. (From Federal 
Gazette.) 



♦Brother of Commodore Joshua Barney and the last survivor of Captain Gist's Company. 

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Married (3) Margaret Webster, Harford County, 
IVlaryland, November 7, 1825 

Died August 31, 1829 at her sister's in Har- 
ford County 

Married (4) Mary Miles May 13, 1830, Balti- 
more. 

Note. — Baltimore American, August 17, 18 15. Mrs. 
Harriet Hayward died at the residence of her father 
John H. Barney, April 14, 1815, in her 40th year. 



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1, 



Ill WILLIAM STEVENSON BARNEY 



Ill— WILLIAM^ STEVENSON son of William^ and 
Frances Holland (Watts) Barney 
Born December 28, 1754 

Married 

Died 

Note. — William Stevenson Barney was marine offi- 
cer of the Virginia and his brother Joshua was in com- 
mand when captured by the British, April i, 1778. 

Note. — At one time he is said to have kept a hotel 
in Georgetown, District of Columbia. 



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WILLIAM STEVENSON BARNEY 

brother of 
Commodore Joshua Barney 
Engraved 

by 
M. de Saint-Memin 
1798. 



I 



Ill JOSHUA BARNEY 

(Commodore) 



Ill— JOSHUA' (Commodore) son of William* and 
Frances Holland (Watts) Barney 

Born July 6, 1759 

Married (i) Anne Bedford daughter of Alder- 
man Gunning Bedford of Philadelphia, 
March 16, 1780 

Note — Gunning Bedford was aide-de-camp to 
General Washington, represented Congress in the Con- 
tinental Congress, was Attorney-General for Dela- 
ware and Judge of the United States District Court, 
Delaware. 

She died July 25, 1808, age fifty-three, at 
residence, Charles street, Baltimore 

Married (2) Harriet Cole (or Coale) April 24, 
1809 

Died October 14, 1849, Louisville, Kentucky 

Died December i, 1818, Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- 
vania. Buried in First Presbyterian Church 
Cemetery and removed to Allegheny Ceme- 
tery to a circle of ground called "Mount 
Barney," May 12, 1848 

Children of Joshua and Anne (Bedford) Barney : 

I. William Bedford 

Born December 7, (1781.?) 

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Monument erected by the Alleghen\' Cemetery, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania, iS8o, in memory of Commodore Josluia liaYney 




Monument erected by the 

Allegheny Cemetery 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

in memory of 

Commodore Joshua Barney 




Entrance to Alleghcn\- Cemetcr}', Pittsburgh, Penns\-lvania 
Photographed 

by 

Everett Hosmer Barney 











.. ^_ 












> 








^■'4 






■>> 


.. -iri:*sJ§& 


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Mount Barney" Allegheny Cemetery, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 



2. Louis 

Bom January 12, 1783 (Baptized in 
Philadelphia. From the First Presby- 
terian Church Records, Baltimore) 
Married Anne Stedman Van Wyck, 
December 21, 181 1 
Died April 25, 1850 

3. John 

Born January 18, 1785 (Baptized in 
Philadelphia. From the First Presbyte- 
rian Church Records, Baltimore) 
Died January 26, 1856, Washington, 
District of Columbia, age 72. (Was 
member of Congress from Baltimore 
1825-1829) 

4. Caroline 

Born December 21, 1787 
Married Nathaniel Williams, Balti- 
more, at home of Edward Stiles in 
Harve de Grace, October 16, 1809 

5. Henry 

Born April 25, 1790 

6. Adelee 

Born 



Married Isaac Waddy, Louisville, Ky., 
August, 1849. 
Mentioned in will 



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7- Eliza 
Born- 



Mentioned in will 

St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore County- 
Register of Births, Marriages and 
Deaths, Volume 2, page 632. 
Eliza Barney buried January 18, 1819 
age 2 years, 9 months. 



8. Joshua 
Born- 



Mentioned in will 

Note. — By an act of the Legislature of Maryland, 
passed November, 1790, Messrs. John Hollins and 
Joshua Barney were appointed auctioneers, and com- 
menced business under the firm name of John Hollins 
and Company, after which the limitation was removed 
and, by the charter, the auctions were licensed by the 
city. 

Note. — Will of Joshua Barney, Liber W. B. No. 10, 
folio 510, office of Register of Wills, Baltimore City. 



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1796 Joshua Barney lived at No. 19 Commerce 

Street, Baltimore, Maryland. 

1799 Joshua Barney lived at No. 1 1 Charles Street, 

Baltimore, Maryland. 

1800-01 Joshua Barney lived at No. 13 Charles Street, 
Baltimore, Maryland. 

1810-13 Joshua Barney lived at No. 13 Charles Street, 
Baltimore, Maryland. 



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The following item appeared in the Baltimore American 
under date of January i6, 1798: 

*'Mrs. Commodore Barney's house, No. 11 Charles 
street, was robbed at night of a traveling toilet, con- 
taining two large round miniature pictures with glass 
backs encircled with gold, one small oval miniature set in 
gold, one gold and garnet rosary, a number of rings 
and bracelets and sundry papers; also a yellow satin 
bonnet with crape trimmings." 



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CAPTAIN JOSHUA BARNEY 



Independence Hall 
Philadelphia 



BUREAU OF NAVIGATION, NAVY 
DEPARTMENT 

RECORD OF SERVICE OF 

THE LATE CAPTAIN JOSHUA BARNEY 

UNITED STATES NAVY 



1814 April 25, Appointed a Captain in the Flotilla 
Service. 

1814 April 27, Accepted appointment at Baltimore. 

1 8 14 October 18, Appointment confirmed by the 

Senate. 

181 5 February 6, Commission as a captain sent to 

him at Baltimore.* 

1818 December i, Died. 



•See (ac-simile Page 154 

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I 



IV WILLIAM BEDFORD BARNEY 



IV— WILLIAM^ BEDFORD eldest son of Commodore 
Joshua^ and Anne (Bedford) Barney 
Born Dec. 7, (1781 ?) 

Married (i) Rebecca Ridgely May 2, 1799 
He died November 18, 1838, age 58 
She died February 16, 1807 

Children: 

I. Rebecca Ridgely 
Born July 8, 1801 

Married Stephen J. Thompson July 9, 
1832 

They had children: 

1. Charles R. B., died June 27, 

1 839, age 5 years and 9 months 

2, Mary Rebecca 

Born 

Married Albert L. Gorter 

3. Eliza Young 
Born 

From the Federal Gazette, September 21, 181 5. 
Married: Stephen J. Thompson and Evelina Barney, 
September 18, by Glendy. | 

Baltimore American, October 11, 1826. Married: 
Stephen J. Thompson and Mary B. Hayward, both of 
Harford County, at "Prospect Hill," residence of 
Archer Hays, October 10. 

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January 19, 1827. Mrs. Mary B., wife of Stephen 
J. Thompson, died June 13. 

July 10, 1832, Married Stephen J. Thompson and 
Rebecca R. Barney, July 9, 1832. 

2. Joshua 

Born 



Married Matilda Aiken, daughter of a 
British army officer stationed on the 
Canadian frontier opposite Fort Mac- 
kinac. 

They had children: 

1. William Joshua 

Born March 7, 1823, Fort 

Mackinac 

Married, Dubuque, Iowa, 

Georglanna Floyd, daughter 

of William Byers Carroll, 

Louisville, Kentucky. 

2. Isabelle Aiken 

Born March 21, 1825 

3. Elizabeth Young 

Born June 10, 1827 
Married William M. Ellicott 

4. Rebecca Ridgely (youngest child) 

Born June 28, 1829 

Died March 5, i835,Dedham, 

Mass. 



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) 



Married (2) Mary daughter of Honorable 
Judge Samuel Chase September 9, 1808, 
Princeton, New Jersey. (Mary was author 
of "Biographical Memoirs of Commodore 
Joshua Barney.") 



Note. — Samuel Chase, father of Adary, was born 
Somerset County, Maryland, April 17, 174.1. His 
father, when Samuel was about two years old, moved 
to Baltimore and was pastor of Saint Paul's Parish. 
At about 18 years of age Samuel went to Annapolis to 
study and settled there. In 1786 he moved to Balti- 
more. He married twice. His first wife was Ann Bald- 
win and they had two sons and two daughters: Mary, 
who married William Bedford Barney son of Joshua 
Barney, and the author of the "Biographical Memoir 
of Commodore Joshua Barney," was his daughter. 
For his second wife he married Hannah Kitty Giles, 
Kentbury, England. 

He was one of the signers of the Declaration of In- 
dependence. In 1791 he was elected a member of the 
Maryland Senate, but declined to serve, and in the 
same year was Chief Justice of the State and later was 
appointed Supreme Court Judge by President George 
Washington. 

He died June 19, 181 1 

Dr. Thomas Chase, father of Samuel, was appointed 
rector of Saint Paul's Parish February 11, 174S, by 
Governor Bladen, and continued in this connection 
till his death April 4, 1779." 

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^ 



Children of William Bedford and Mary (Chase) 
Barney: 

3. Mary Chase 

Married May 14, 1833, William H. 
Rogers (Saint Paul's Parish, Baltimore 
County, Maryland Register of Births, 
Marriages, Deaths,Volume 2, page 614.) 

4. Ann of William and Mary, born 

Baptized June 9, 1812 
Buried June 11, 1812 (Saint Paul's 
Parish, Baltimore County, Maryland 
Register of Births, Marriages and 
Deaths, Volume 2, page 474.) 

5. Caroline Williams 

Note. — Baltimore American, October 13, 1827. 
Married, Thomas W. Oldiield and Caroline Barney 
daughter of Major William B. Barney, all of Baltimore, 
October ii, by Glendy; 

July 12, 1839, George Harrington of Georgia and 
Caroline W. Barney, third daughter of Major William 
B. Barney of Baltimore, married July 11, by Dam- 
pheaux. 

6. Merriam (or Maria) Monroe 

Married William Ross Postell of Geor- 
gia, August 28, 1839, by Dampheaux 

7. Catherine Chase 

8. Charlotte 

Died October 26, 1839 in her fifteenth 
year 

9. Clara Louise (youngest daughter) 

Born December 25, 1827 
Died January 13, 1829 

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The Mercury, January i, 1819, 
Baltimore, Dec. 17. • 

*Wm. R. Barney, Esq. has been nominated by the 
president of the U. States, naval officer of the port of 
Baltimore, in the place of his father, the late Commo- 
dore Joshua Barney, deceased. 

— Baltimore American 

Note. — Chase Barney buried July 28, 1819, aged 
ten years. (Saint Paul's Parish Baltimore County 
Register of Births, Marriages, Deaths, Volume 2, 
page 633.) 

Note. — The following are found in the Baltimore city 
directories: 

1827 — Wm. B. Barney, naval officer of the port of 
Bait, office at the Custom House, dw. 7 Waterloo Row 
N. Calvert. 

1829 — His name appears as a custom house broker. 
Cor. Gay and Water streets, dw. 4 N. Calvert. Water- 
loo Row. 

183 1 — Does not give any occupation but gives his 
address as Lexington street, between Liberty street and 
Park avenue. 

Note. — William Bedford Barney and Captain 
Charles S. Ridgely fought a duel. One shot was ex- 
changed, but neither was injured. John Holland 
Barney acted for his brother. Edward Johnson and 
A. C. Hanson for Ridgely. 

♦Should read Wm. B. Barney. 

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IV LOUIS BARNEY 



IV — *L0UIS4 son of Commodore Joshua' and Anne 
(Bedford) Barney 
Born January 12, 1783 

Married Anne Stedman daughter of William 
Van Wyck December 21, 181 1 
She was born November 24, 1785 
She died December 19, 1853 
He died April 25, 1850 

On the monument in the old Saint Paul's burying- 
ground in Lombard street, Baltimore, there is the 
following inscription: 

"Sacred to the 

Memory of 

Louis Barney 

who 

departed this life 

April 25, 1850, 

in the 68th year of 

his age 

This tablet was erected by his nephews to evince their 
attachment for a kind and affectionate relative." 

Children: 

I. Elizabeth Rawlings (sometimes written 
Rollins — Rawlins) 
Born October 3, 181 2 
Baptized October 9, 1812, six days old 
Died July 4, 1883 

♦Was at one time a merchant in Baltimore 

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LOUIS BARNEY 

son of 
Commodore Joshua Barney 



Engraved 

by 
M. de Saint-Memin 
1804 



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2. Anne Bedford 

Born March 25, 1814 
Died February 11, 1884 
Never married 

3. Rawlins Louis (only son) 

Born January 2, 1816 
Died October 30, 1831 

4. Frances Van Wyck 

Born November 24, 18 17 
Died March 9, 1835 
Buried March 11, 1835 

5. Caroline Louisa (youngest daughter) 

Born July 2, 1820 

Died November 25, 1874 

Never married 

Note. — This line is now extinct. 



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IV JOHN BARNEY 



IV — JOHN* son of Commodore Joshua* and Anne 
(Bedford) Barney- 
Born January i8, 1785 
Married October 11, 18 10 Elizabeth Nicholson 

Hindman of Chesterfield, Maryland 
He died January 26, 1856, Washington, Dis- 
trict of Columbia, aged 72 

Children: 

I. Joseph Nicholson (Captain) 

Born August 25, 181 8, Baltimore, 
Maryland 

Also two other sons and two daughters 

Note. — Baltimore American, September 17, 1836. 
Edward D. Ingraham of Philadelphia and Carolina S. 
Barney daughter of John, married September 15. 



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V JOSHUA BARNEY 



V— JOSHUA^ son of William* Bedford and Mary 
(Chase) Barney 

Born 

Married Matilda Aiken 

She died Dedham, Massachusetts, March 24, 

1835 

Children: 

1. William Joshua (only son) 

Born March 7, 1823 
Had son Joshua Carroll 

2. Isabella Aiken 

Born March 21, 1825 

3. Elizabeth Young 

Born June 10, 1827 

Married William Ellicott, Baltimore 

Both deceased 

4. Rebecca Ridgely (youngest child) 

Born June 28, 1829 

Died Dedham, Massachusetts, March 

5, 183s 



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V JOSEPH NICHOLSON BARNEY 



V— JOSEPH^ NICHOLSON son of John^ and Eliza- 
beth (Hindman) Barney 
Born August 25, 1818, Baltimore, Maryland 
Married (i) June 9, 1846, Eliza Jacobs daughter 
of James Rogers, Delaware 

Children of Joseph Nicholson and Eliza 
Jacobs (Rogers) Barney 

I. Elizabeth Hindman (Married Thomas 
Holcomb, Delaware, November 17, 
1868) 
Married (2) December 28, 1858 Anne Geddon 
Dornin daughter of Commodore 
Thomas L. Dornin, United States Navy 

Children of Joseph Nicholson and Anne (Dornin) 
Barney: 

1. Nannie Dornin 

Born Norfolk, Virginia 

2. Esther Nicholson 

Born Greensboro', North Carolina 

3. Joseph Nicholson Junior 

Born Powhatan County, Virginia 

4. Belle Mcintosh 

Born Powhatan County, Virginia 

5. Caroline Hindman 

Born Powhatan County, Virginia 

6. Helen Winder 

Born Powhatan County, Virginia 

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7- Mary Beale 

Born Fredericksburg, Virginia 
Married John G. White, November 

24, 1898. 

8. Thomas Dornin 

Born Fredericksburg, Virginia 
Died June 24, 1876 

JOSEPH NICHOLSON BARNEY 

Capt. Joseph Nicholson Barney, son of John and 
Elizabeth (Hindman) Barney, was born in Baltimore, 
Md., August 25, 1818. Having an unusually fine mind, 
a remarkably good memory and a special gift for math- 
ematics and languages, he received a good education; 
and at the early age of fourteen years, he was further 
advanced than many who were years older than himself. 
He entered the United States Navy in 1832, and re- 
mained until the breaking out of the Civil War, when in 
June, 1 861, being on foreign service he resigned his 
commission as lieutenant and entered the Confederate 
Navy with the same rank. During the twenty-nine 
years in which he served in the United States Navy, he 
gave splendid service — visiting every port then known, 
sailing twice around the globe, and proving a splendid 
and able officer. In the Confederate Navy, the same 
fine qualities were brought into play, and he was pro- 
moted for gallant and meritorious conduct. After 
engaging in many hazardous undertakings, he was 
ordered to Europe to see to the fitting out of vessels 
being built in France for the Confederacy. But in 1863, 
his health failing, he was compelled to resign his com- 
mission and returned to this country. After the close 
of the war, he returned to private life on a farm in 
I Powhatan County, Virginia, and in December, 1873, 
removed to Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he engaged 
in the insurance business till the time of his death, 1899. 

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VI.— WILLIAM JOSHUA« son of Joshua and Matilda 

(Aiken) Barney 

Born March 7, 1823, Fort Mackinac 

Married in Dubuque, Iowa, Georgianna Floyd, 
daughter of William Byers Carroll of Louis- 
ville, Kentucky 

She married (second) Morton Redmond of New 
York City. He died 1910 

Children of William Joshua and Georgianna 
(Carroll) Barney: 

I. Joshua Carroll, only son 

Born November 9, 1 853 , Dubuque, Iowa 
Married January 22, 1883, Erie, Penn- 
sylvania, May Florence, daughter of 
Judge Frank Howe Kelly of Cleveland, 
Ohio 

Died August 10, 1899, Arden, North 
Carolina 



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Mrs. Charlotte (Warner) Barney 
(Mrs. William Joshua Barney) 




WILLIAM JOSHUA BARNEY, JUNIOR 



The youngest male descendant 
of 

Commodore Joshua Barney 



BARNEY, William Joshua Barney, New York City, 
only son of Joshua Carroll Barney, Baltimore, and 
great-great-great-grandson of Commodore Joshua 
Barney. He was graduated from the University of the 
South, is a member of the Maryland Society of Cincin- 
nati and of the National Arts Club of New York, junior 
member of the American Society of Civil Engineers 
and Deputy Commissioner of the New York Department 
of Docks and P'erries. 

Married July, 1910, Charlotte Lilian 
daughter of John De Witt Warner, 
New York City. Miss Warner was 
graduated from Vassar. 

Children: 

I. William Joshua, Jr. 
Born August 17, 191 1 



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VI ELIZABETH HINDMAN BARNEY 
THOMAS HOLCOMB 



VI— ELIZABETH^ Hindman daughter of Joseph^ 
Nicholson and Eliza (Rogers) Barney 

Born 

Married Thomas Holcomb of Delaware Novem- 
ber 17, 1868 

Children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Barney) 
Holcomb : 

1. Rebecca Taylor 

2. James Rogers 

3. Thomas Junior 

4. Franklin Porteous 

Born December 24, 1884. 
United States Navy. Drowned June 11, 
I907,at the same time with several other 
young naval officers who were with 
their ships at the naval display con- 
nected with the Jamestown Exposi- 
tion. The tug they were in was sunk 
in some unknown manner on a stormy 
night while returning to their vessels. 



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VI JOSEPH NICHOLSON BARNEY, JR. 



VI_J0SEPH6 NICHOLSON JUNIOR son of Joseph 
Nicholson^ and Anne (Dornin) Barney 
Born April 27, 1866 

Married Julia A. Carter daughter of Dr. D. D. 
Carter of Woodstock, Virginia, September 
I, 1898. Has one daughter 

Josephine Carter 

Born August 18, 1905 



JOHN PAUL JONES TABLET 

"The only home in America of John Paul Jones" 
was marked appropriately November 25, 191 1, when a 
bronze tablet was unveiled on the house at Fredericks- 
burg, Va., where the famous American naval hero lived 
in 177s, when he was appointed a lieutenant in the 
Continental navy. The tablet was erected by Betty 
Washington Lewis chapter of the Daughters of the 
American Revolution, and was unveiled by little Miss 
Josephine Carter Barney, descendant of a long line of 
naval worthies. 



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The John Paul Jones House 
Fredericksburg, Virginia 




Fredericksburg, Virginia 



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With simple and appropriate ceremonies the tablet 
to mark the home of John Paul Jones was unveiled 
November 25, 191 1, under the auspices of the Betty 
Washington Lewis Chapter, Daughters of the American 
Revolution. 

The tablet was unveiled by little Miss Josephine 
Carter Barney, daughter of Dr. and A/[rs. J. N. Barney, 
of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Her selection for this 
ceremony was peculiarly suitable to the occasion, one of 
her great-uncles having served on the Bon Homme 
Richard with Commodore John Paul Jones. 

She is a descendant of a long line of distinguished 
1 naval heroes, whose brilliant services to the U. S. Gov- 
ernment are matters of historical record. 

Her grandfather was the late Capt. J. N. Barney, who 
served in the United States and Confederate Navies, 
taking part while on the Jamestown in the famous 
Hampton Roads fight between the Monitor and the 
Merrimac. For gallant and meritorious conduct he was 
I promoted to commander by the Confederate Congress, 

and afterwards sent abroad to superintend the out- 
fitting of vessels being built for the Confederate Navy 
in France. 

Her great-grandfather, Commodore Thomas A. 
Dornin, appointed midshipman, 181 5, from Maryland, 
gave years of distinguished service in the navy and saw 
more active service than any officer of his day. 

Her great-great-grandfather. Commodore Joshua 
Barney, offered his services to the colonies and received 
an appointment on the sloop of war Hornet. For one 
of his gallant exploits the Legislature of Pennsylvania 

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voted him a sword. Among a list of distinguished com- 
modores, his name came first when read by the Governor 
of Maryland at the reinterment services for John Paul 
Jones at Annapolis. 

One of her great-great uncles, Commodore James 
Nicholson, joined the American forces at the beginning 
of the Revolution and was first captain of the defence, 
afterwards in command of the Virginia, 1776, and the 
following year became commander-in-chief of the navy. 

Her great-great uncle. Commodore Samuel Nicholson, 
born in Maryland 1743, was first commander of the 
frigate Constitution, was lieutenant with John Paul 
Jones on the Bon Homme Richard at the time of her 
engagement with the Serapis, and was the senior officer 
of the United States Navy at his death in 181 1. 

Another great-uncle, Charles Edmundson Thorburn, 
was one of the first graduates from the Naval Academy 
at Annapolis and served as midshipman under Com- 
modore Perry during the Mexican War. 

Later dates show members of the same family serving 
in both the U. S. and C. S. Navies. 

Her first cousin, Franklin Porteous Holcomb, gradu- 
ated from Annapolis in the first class, and not many 
months afterwards lost his life in that terrible accident 
in Hampton Roads, June, 1907, when a launch contain- 
ing eleven men, sailors and officers, was sunk in some 
unknown manner and all on board were drowned. 

Representing a family which has attained such honor in 
the United States Naval service. Miss Josephine Carter 
Barney was selected to unveil the tablet to the famous 
and renowned commander of the first American navy. 

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JOSEPHINE CARTER BARNEY 



VI BELLE McINTOSH BARNEY 
JOEL WILLARD ADAMS 



VI— BELLE" McINTOSH daughter of Joseph^ Nichol- 
son and Anne (Dornin) Barney 
Born Powhatan County, Virginia 
Married Joel Willard Adams November 3, 1892 

Children: 

1. Nicholson Barney 

Born November 6, 1895 

2. M. Virginia 

Born March 19, 1901 



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VI MARY BEALE BARNEY 
JOHN G. WHITE 



VI — MARY« Beale daughter of Joseph^ Nicholson and 
Anne (Dornin) Barney 
Born Fredericksburg, Virginia 
Married John G. White November 24, 1898 

Children: 

1. Helen Brockenbrough 

Born October 17, 1900 

2. Anne Dornin 

Born June 21, 1902 

3. Elijah Brockenbrough 



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VII JAMES ROGERS HOLCOMB 



VII— JAMES' ROGERS son of Thomas« and Eliza- 
beth (Barney) Holcomb 
Born April 30, 1871 
Married Josephine de Zeng June 17, 1896 

Children: 

1. Randolph Peyton 

Born March 24, 1897 
Died September 24, 1897 

2. James Rogers Junior 

Born August 22, 1898 
Died August 31, 1898 

3. Henry Lawrence 

Born February i, 1901 

4. Elizabeth Hindman 

Born February 6, 1904 

5. Helen Olivia 

Born June 13, 1905 
Died July 16, 1907 

6. Olivia Murray I g^^^ j^j ^^ ^ g 

7. Thomas ) j j ^ y 



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ST. PAUL'S PARISH, BALTIMORE COUNTY 

MARYLAND, REGISTER OF 

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS 



The following records are taken from St. Paul's 
Parish, Baltimore County Register of Births, Mar- 
riages and Deaths, Vols, i and 2: 

(Page 5) Absalom son of William Barney and 
Mary Barney, born October 2, 1722. 

(Page 109) Elizabeth Barney daughter of William 
Barney and Frances Holland his wife, born April 27, 

1745. 

(Page 198) Margaret Barney daughter of William 

Barney and Frances Holland his wife departed this life 

September the 24th, 1748. 

(Page 27) Ruth daughter of William Barney and 
Mary his wife, born January 28, 1732. 

(Page 46) William son of William Barney and Eliz- 
abeth his wife, born the 20th March 171 8. 

(Page 31 of Memoirs of the Dead and Tomb's Re- 
membrancer) "To the memory of Elizabeth Barney, 
the wife of John Barney, who departed this life Jan- 
uary 15, Anno Domini 1784, in the 30th year of her age. 
E. — (E. means Episcopal burying ground). 

(Page 22) Mary daughter of William Barney and 
Mary his wife born May the 23d, 1726. 

(Page 42) William son of William Barney and Mary 
his wife born the 6th March 1734-5- 

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Volume 2 of the same Register: 

(Page 617) Buried Barney October 31, 183 1 

aged 15 years. 

(Page 474) Ann of William Barney and Mary born 
baptized June 9, 1812 and buried on June 11, 1812. 

(Page 564) Caroline of Louis and Anna S. Barney 
born July 2d, 1820. 

(Page 562) Caroline Williams of William Barney 
and Mary Barney born July 23d, 1818. 

(Page 345) Baptized Maria Frances of John Hol- 
land and Charity Barney born November 28, 1797. 

(Page 633) Buried July 28, 1819, Chase Barney 
aged 10 years old. 

(Page 593) Clara Louise of William and Mary 
Barney born December 25, 1827. 

(Page 632) Eliza Barney buried January 18, 1819, 
2 years 9 months. 

(Page 476) Elizabeth Rollins of Louis and Anna 
Barney six days old baptized October 9, 181 2. 

(Page 593) Elizabeth Young of Joshua and Ma- 
tilda Barney born June 10, 1827. 

(Page 551) Frances born of Louis and Anna Barney 
born November 24, 18 17. 

(Page 622) Francis Barney buried March li, 1835 
aged 17 years. 

(Page 353) December 7, 1797 married Henry Hay- 
ward and Harriot Barney. 

(Page 583) Isabelle Aiken, of Joshua and Matilda 
Barney born March 21, 1825. 

(Page 408) October 17, 1801 buried Joshua son of 
William Barney. 

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(Page 575) William Joshua of Joshua and Matilda 
Barney born March 7, 1823. 

(Page 598) Rebecca RIdgcly of Joshua and Ma- 
tilda Barney born June 28, 1829. 

(Page 503) Louis Barney and Anne Van Wyck 
married December 21, 181 1. 

(Page 486) Rawlins Barney of Louis and Ann 
Barney born January 2, 18 16. 

(Page 614) May 14, 1833 William H. Rogers to 
Mary Chase Barney. 

(Page 598) Rebecca Ridgely of William and Re- 
becca Barney born July 8, 1801. 

(Page 371) William Barney and Rebecca Ridgely 
married May 2, 1799. 

(Page 73) St. Thomas Parish Baltimore County 
Maryland. Moses Barney and Sarah Bond was mar- 
ried the 5th, April, 1758. 

(Page 217) Benjamin Barney and Delilah Bozley 
were married April 23, 1758. (This is taken from St. 
John's Parish, Joppa, Harford Co., Maryland.) 

(Page 262) Of the same Register. Hugh Brown 
and Ruth Barney married August 15, 1771. 



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SAINT THOMAS PARISH RECORDS, 
BALTIMORE 



Thomas Barney son of Moses and Sarah, born 
July 19, 1759. 

Benjamin Barney son of Moses and Sarah, born 
January 17, 1761. 

Anne (Barney) daughter of Moses and Sarah born 
December 9, 1762. 

Moses Barney and Sarah Bond married April 5, 1758. 



Absolem Gill 
John Gill 
William Gill 



Children of Mary Barney baptized 
by Mr. Oliver February 19, 1795. 



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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH RECORDS, 

BALTIMORE 



William son of Joshua and Anne Barney 
born December 7 



Baptized 

in 

Philadelphia. 



Louis son of Joshua and Anne Barney 

born January 12, 1783 
John son of Joshua and Anne Barney 

born January 18, 1785 
Caroline daughter of Joshua and Anne Barney born 

January 21, 1787. 
Henry son of Joshua and Anne Barney born April 25, 

1790. 
James Angell and Mary Barney married December 25, 

1788. 
John Barney buried January 28, 1857. 

Miss Esther Barney buried 

Mrs. John Barney buried January 17, 1849. 



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From the Baltimore American: 

October 20, 1789. Monsieur Francis Belloc, Planter, 
of Hispaniola and Polly Barney of Baltimore, mar- 
ried October 18, 1789. 

November 14, 1820. Barney Merkle, a painter, a 
mason and veteran of the Revolution was a gunner 
on board of the '"'' Hyde r- Ally ^"^ and who was at the 
capture of the "G<f n^rfj/ Afon;^" by Commodore Barney, 
died in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, November 11, in 
his 65th year. 

January 16, 1832. Dr. Michael Diffendorffer and 
Mary Barney Williams, grand-daughter of John H. 
Barney, married January 14. 

May 24, 1817. Thomas Bell of Virginia and Matilda 
Barney of Baltimore, married May 22. 

May 5, 183 1. A. Barney of Frederick County and 
Sophia Ann Rigby daughter of Alexander Rigby, 
married May 3. 

July 28, 1835. Sylvester Barney and Mary Ann Say, 
both of Baltimore, married July 24. 

March 19, 1840. Mrs. Mary Ann Barney wife of 
Charles R. Barney of Baltimore died at residence of 
her father Robert Gwathmey in Richmond March 16. 
She was born June 20, 18 14 in Liverpool, England, 
where her father, though a Virginian, resided for a 
few years. Richmond was the native city of her 
mother, Mrs. Margaret Gwathmey. 

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May 29, 1839. Charles R. Barney of Baltimore and 
A4ary Ann Gwathmey daughter of Robert Gwathmey 
of Richmond, Virginia, married there A4ay 22 by 
Bishop Moore. 

July 28, 1840. Mary Ann, daughter of Charles R. 
Barney died at residence of her grandfather, Robert 
Gwathmey, in Richmond, July 23, age four months 
and six days. 



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COMMODORK JOSHUA BARXKV 

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A Few Facts in Connection with the 
''BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR 

OF 

COMMODORE JOSHUA BARNEY" 

1759-1818 



A Few Facts in Connection with the 
"BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF COMMODORE 

JOSHUA BARNEY" 

1759-1818. 



A work written in 1832 by Mrs. Mary Barney, 
daughter-in-law of Commodore Joshua Barney, begins 
with statements relating to the ancestors of Commodore 
Barney and which have remained as records of history 
and facts for seventy-five years and more. 



The parentage of Abraham Lincoln remained obscure 
for years till strenuous research brought to light the 
fact that his ancestry was of New England instead of 
the South, and the little town of Hingham, Massa- 
chusetts, is now known as the home of the first Lincoln 
family. 



Commodore Joshua Barney — United States Navy 
1776-1812 — was illustrious and his ancestry should be 
known. 



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Mrs. Barnev in her book states: 

"William Barney, the grandfather, was sent from 
England by an uncle, at the early age of fourteen years, 
to the British Colonies of North America. Of his 
parents nothing certain is known; but it is presumed, 
from the circumstances of his being then under the 
control of an uncle, that they were both dead at the 
period of his leaving England: and, from the fact that 
he came recommended, by that uncle, to some of the 
most respectable inhabitants of the province of Mary- 
land, it may be further inferred, that the family was 
of some consideration in the mother country. It is 
certain that he came to the New World much against 
his will. This event took place about 1695; and as, at 
that period, it seldom occurred that more than one 
ship from the mother country visited the colony during 
the year, the youthful adventurer had time to recon- 
cile himself to the destiny forced upon him. By a 
course of industry and good conduct, he soon attained 
that degree of independence and general consideration 
in the community, which enabled him to form a re- 
spectable and advantageous connexion by marriage. 
The fruit of this marriage was one son, upon whom he 
bestowed his own name of William. 

This son, of whose early life no legend or tradition 
has descended to us, formed a matrimonial alliance 
with an heiress of large property, by the name of 
Frances Holland Watts. From their union there sprung 
no less than fourteen children. 

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At the time of his marriage, and for several years 
afterwards, William Barney resided in the town of 
Baltimore, in that part of the County of Baltimore 
known by the name of Patapsco Neck. Here Mr. 
Barney continued to reside, happy in the enjoyment 
of all the blessings of domestic life, until the year 1772, 
when he had not attained his fifty-third year. 

1759 Joshua Barney was one of the fourteen chil- 
dren of William and Frances Holland Barney. He was 
born on the 6th day of July, 1759, a year or two before 
the family was removed to Bare Creek — so that the 
city of Baltimore, which became afterwards his chosen 
residence, was also the place of his nativity." 



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After much research and expense the following facts 
have been found: 

A RECORD OF A BOND 

William Barney 

and 

Henry Sater 

to 

Morgan Alurray 

i^th of January^ 1707 

This is the first record found of William Barney and 
he is undoubtedly the first William Barney in the line 
of ancestors of Commodore Joshua Barney; but from 
what place he came is yet to be established. 

Second, there is a deed or patent from the Lieuten- 
ant General and Chief Governor of the Province of 
Maryland, dated June 10, 1734, conveying to one Wil- 
liam Barney, Baltimore, one hundred and fifty acres 
of land. 

Third. Under date of A4arch 19, 1746, there was 
probated the last will and testament of William Barney. 
The will mentions the following persons: 

1. Eldest son William 

2. Eldest daughter Martha 

3. Son Absalom by my wife Mary 

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4. Son Benjamin by my wife Mary 

5. Second son William by my wife Mary 

6. Son Moses by my wife Mary 

7. Daughter Mary by my wife Mary 

8. Daughter Ruth by my wjfe Mary 

The birth record of William, the eldest son, is as 
follows : 

William, born March 20, 171 8, son of William and 
Elizabeth Barney. 

The last six are given in the will as "by my wife 
Mary." 

The birth record of William^ and the mention of wife 
Mary by William^ in his will, would seem to establish 
beyond a doubt that this William^ 1695 had (first) 
Elizabeth, (second) Mary. 

As this will mentions eight children, and Mary 
Barney in the "Biographical Memoir of Commodore 
Joshua Barney" mentions only one son (William), she 
would seem to be in error. 

It is hardly necessary to state that the father of Wil- 
liam Barney who married Frances Holland Watts, 
naturally could have been none other than the first 
William Barney, 1695, referred to by Mrs. Mary Barney 
in her "Biographical Memoir of Commodore Joshua 
Barney." 

Note. — Since this article was written and which 
appeared in a pamphlet issued in 1910, there has been 
found a deed which conveyed land as a gift by Mary 
Stevenson to her daughter Elizabeth, wife of William 
Barney. See copy of deed page 23. 



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rom the original by Chappel 
Johnson, Fry & Co. 
New York, 1862. 



In this same "Biographical Memoir of Commodore 
Joshua Barney" it is stated that he is one of a family 
of fourteen children. At the present time it has been 
impossible to find a record of more than seven, and the 
record is: 

Children of William and Frances Holland (Watts) 
Barney: 

1. Elizabeth 

Born April 27, 1745 

2. Margarett 

Born June 2, 1747 
Died September 24, 1748 

3. Peggy 

Born August 21, 1749 

4. John Holland 

Born July 24, 1752 

5. William Stevenson 

Born December 28, 1754 

6. Mary 

Born August 20, 1757 

7. Joshua 

Born July 6, 1759 
Died December i, 1818 

The burial place of Commodore Joshua Barney now 
(191 2) is in the Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Penn- 
sylvania, in a beautiful plot of ground set apart for 
naval heroes and named "Mount Barney." 

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Mrs. Barney must be in error in the statement, "It 
seldom occurred that more than one ship from the 
mother country visited the colony during the year," 
as at that time the mother country was fully realizing 
the value of her colonial possessions in America, and 
like other nations, she was seeking to extend those 
possessions, and ships to America were frequent. 

Note. — The book "A Biographical Memoir of the 
late Commodore Joshua Barney from Autographical 
Notes and Journals," edited by Mary Barney, 8 vo. 
328 pages, has become rare. The edition was limited 
and was published in Boston by Gray and Bowen in 
1832. 

Doubts are entertained whether William Barney the 
first, 1695, mentioned by Mary Barney, came from 
England. The Barneys settled early in New England — 
1634 — and took up the sea life, and during this period — 
from 1634 to 1695, it is only fair to suppose that one 
William Barney from some New England family, may 
have drifted away to Baltimore and become the pro- 
genitor of the Baltimore families. This fact, however, 
has not been established. Neither has Mary Barney 
given us the record of the ancestors of William, 1695. 



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Commodore Joshua Barney 

during an 

Interesting Period of Our Country 



COMMODORE JOSHUA BARNEY 

DURING AN 

INTERESTING PERIOD OF OUR COUNTRY 



In October 1775 the whole country was in a state of 
political excitement — the ferment was universal, and 
though perhaps but few individuals of the great mass 
that was then in motion had the remotest idea of a 
total disruption of the ties that connected them with 
the mother country, yet all were ready to fly to the 
resort of arms in defence of their colonial rights, upon 
which the Government of Great Britain had been 
gradually making encroachments, until her system had 
become insupportable, tyrannical, and oppressive. 
In the state of things that then existed it was natural 
that commercial enterprise should be in a great measure 
suspended. The mouth of the Chesapeake was watched 
by British ships of war, and the merchants of Balti- 
more, doubtful whether their most peaceful and legiti- 
mate intentions of trade would be respected, for the 
most part laid up their vessels. A Bermudian sloop 
about this time was purchased, armed with ten guns, 
and called the Hornet under the command of Capt. Wil- 
liam Stone, with Joshua Barne}^ as second officer or 
master's mate. A crew had not yet been shipped, and 
the ..duty of recruiting one was assigned to Joshua 
Barney. Fortunately for his purpose, just at this 



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moment a new American flag, sent by Commodore 
Hopkins for the service of the Hornet, arrived from 
Philadelphia. Nothing could have been more oppor- 
tune or acceptable. It was the first "Star Spangled 
Banner" that had been seen in the State of Maryland; 
and next morning at sunrise Barney had the enviable 
honor of unfuding it to the music of drums and fifes, 
and hoisting it upon a staff, planted with his own hands 
at the door of his rendezvous. The heart-stirring 
sounds of the martial instruments, then a novel in- 
cident in Baltimore, and the still more novel sight of 
the "rebel" colors gracefully waving in the breeze, 
attracted crowds of all ranks and eyes to the gay scene 
of the rendezvous, and before the setting of the same 
day's sun, the young recruiting officer had enlisted a 
full crew of jolly "rebels" for the Hornet. 



BETSEY ROSS 

A quiet house, a quiet street, 

A needle and a thread, 
A scissors and a square of blue, 

Some strips of white and red. 
And slender hands that deftly stitched 

The shining stars across — 
'Twas thus the flag of Liberty 

Was made by Betsey Ross. 

Though Father Time has worn to rags 

The ermine robes of kings, 
And let the guns of war to rust 

Among forgotten things; 
Though crowns and sceptres at his touch 

Have turned to dust and dross, 
Yet not a broken stitch has marred 

The work of Betsey Ross. 



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In stately hall and lowly home 

This day its colors wave, 
The shelter of the world's oppressed, 

The beacon of the brave. 
Let glory on the nation's shield 

Among the stars emboss 
The thread, the needle and the name 

And fame of Betsey Ross. 



In 1776, Lieutenant Joshua Barney sailed for the 
West Indies from Philadelphia in the Andrea Doria, a 
line brig of 14 guns, under the command of Captain 
Robinson. On their arrival at St. Eustatia, they fired 
a salute to the fort, which the Governor, with more 
complaisance than prudence, returned — forgetting that 
he thus took upon himself to acknowledge the indepen- 
dence of their flag before their High Mightinesses at 
the Hague had decided, whether to listen to the remon- 
strances of Sir Joseph Yorke or to the solicitations of 
Dr. Franklin. For this premature instance of courtesy, 
the Governor was afterwards displaced, on the com- 
plaint of the English government; the fact, neverthe- 
less, that he did return the salute of the Andrea Doria, 
contradicts the generally received impression that 
Captain Paul Jones was the first American officer, to 
whom such an honor had been paid by a foreign power. 
It was not until February, 1778, that Jones's salute 
was returned by the French Admiral at Brest. 

On the 31st of March, 1778, the Virginia frigate, the 
first built in Baltimore, made an attempt to get to sea 
in the night, in which she would certainly have suc- 
ceeded, in spite of the vigilance of the enemy's squad- 
ron, but that the pilot ran her on the middle ground, 

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Knee-buckles and Masonic Apron of Commodore Joshua Barney. 
The pitcher was in possession of the family for many years. 

()urtesy of Mrs. Mary Bonnycastle Yoe 
I'uisville, Ky. 



between the Capes; and on the first of April she was 
taken possession of by His Majesty's frigate the Emer- 
ald, Captain Caldwell. Captain Nicholson, the com- 
mander, escaped in the ship's barge; but Lieut. Joshua 
Barney, with his brother William Stevenson Barney, 
who was an officer of the marines, and the rest of the 
crew fell into the hands of the enemy. 

In 1782, Delaware bay and river were infested with 
numerous "refugee barges and privateers," which were 
committing the most extensive depredations, not only 
upon the commerce of Philadelphia, but upon the 
peaceable inhabitants along the shores of every acces- 
sible stream that emptied into these waters. In order to 
drive off these plunderers — who were protected by the 
presence of several of His Majesty's ships — and to 
offer that assistance to their distressed citizens which 
it was not in the power of the general government to 
afford, the State of Pennsylvania had determined to 
fit out, at its own expense, a number of armed vessels, 
the operations of which were to be confined within the 
great thoroughfare to their capital. At this time 
Lieutenant Joshua Barney arrived at Philadelphia, 
and was honored with the command of one of the ves- 
sels to be equipped — a small ship, mounting sixteen 
six-pounders, and carrying one hundred and ten men, 
called the Hyder-Ally. On the 8th of April, he received 
instructions to convoy a fleet of merchantmen to the 
Capes, but on no account proceed to sea. The convoy 
dropped down to Cape May road; and while lying 
there, waiting for a fair wind to take him to sea, two 
ships and a brig were discovered standing for them. 

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Captain Joshua Barney, perceiving them to be a part 
of the enemy's force, made the signals to this convoy 
to get under way immediately and return up the bay — 
orders they were not slow to obey, — covered in their 
retreat by the Hyder-Ally. An action speedily ensued 
between the Hyder-Ally and one of the vessels, which 
proved to be the sloop-of-war General Monk, under 
the command of Captain Rogers, of the Royal Navy — 
nearly double his own force of metal, and nearly one- 
fourth superior in number of men! In attempting to 
luff athwart the hawse of the enemy, the Hyder-Ally 
ran foul, and in that position, within pistol shot, the 
two vessels fought desperately for half an hour, when 
the Monk struck her colors. Cooper, in his Naval 
Histor}", says: "This action has been justly deemed 
one of the most brilliant that ever occurred under 
the American Flag. It was fought in the presence 
of a vastly superior force that was not engaged, and 
the ship taken was in every essential respect superior 
to her conqueror." The General Monk was formerly 
the American ship General Washington, captured by 
Admiral Arbuthnot, and placed in the king's service 
under a new name. Both vessels arrived at Philadel- 
phia a few hours after the action, bearing their respec- 
tive dead. The General Monk lost twenty men killed 
and had thirty-three wounded. Among the former 
were the first lieutenant, purser, surgeon, boatswain 
and gunner; among the latter were Captain Rogers 
himself, and every officer on board, except one mid- 
shipman! The Hyder-Ally had four men killed and 
eleven wounded. The old name General Washington 



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was restored to the prize, and Barney made a cruise in 
her on a secret mission to the West Indies. 

The Legislature of Pennsylvania passed a vote of 
thanks to Captain Barney, and ordered a gold-hilted 
sword to be prepared, which was afterwards presented 
to him, in the name of the state, by Governor Dickin- 
son. It was a small sword with mountings of chased 
gold — the guard of which, on the one side had a repre- 
sentation of the Hyder-Ally, and on the other the 
General Monk, the sails of each ship set as in the action — 
the latter ship in the action of striking her flag. Their 
hulls, sails, masts, spars and rigging, were all beautifully 
delineated by the artist, in open work, resembling the 
ivory fans of the Chinese. 

We deem it proper to add, as a part of the history 
of this brilliant affair, that a painting representing the 
action between the Hyder-Ally and the General Monk, 
was executed in 1802 by L. P. Crepin in Paris by order 
of Commodore Barney, while in the service of the 
French Republic, and presented by him on his return 
to the United States, to Robert Smith, Esquire, then 
secretary of the navy. This action took place at the 
entrance of the Delaware Bay, April 8th, 1782. The 
painting is now in the United States Naval Academy, 
Annapolis, Maryland, and is reproduced in this volume. 



Ballads were made upon the brilliant victory of the 
Hyder-Ally over the General Monk, and sung through 
the streets of Philadelphia, and the name of the gallant 

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Barney was in every mouth, "familiar as household 
words." 

As many have never had an opportunity of seeing 
how such things were managed in "days of old," we 
copy from an old volume of "Freneau's Poems" pub- 
lished in 1786, the following songs, composed for the 
occasion by our revolutionary Poet Laureate. 



THE SAILOR'S INVITATION 

Come all ye lads that know no fear, 
To wealth and honor we will steer 
In the Hyder-AUy Privateer, 

Commanded by bold Barney. 

She's new and true and tight and sound, 
Well rigged aloft and all well found — 
Come and be with laurel crown'd — 
Away and leave your lasses! 

Accept our terms without delay. 

And make your fortunes while you may — 

Such offers are not every day 

In the power of the jolly sailor. 

Success and fame attend the brave, 
But death the coward and the slave — 
Who fears to plough the Atlantic wave 
To seek out bold invaders! 

Come then and take a cruising bout — 
Our ship sails well, there is no doubt; 
She has been tried both in and out, 
And answers expectations. 

Let no proud foes that Britain bore 
Distress our trade, insult our shore- 



Teach them to know their reign is o'er, 
Bold Philadelphia sailors! 

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Or venture on the Delaware, 
When we in warlike trim appear. 
And cruise about Henlopen. 

Who cannot wounds and battle dare, 
Shall never clasp the blooming fair; 
The brave alone their charms shall share. 
The brave, and their protectors! 

With hand and heart united all 
Prepared to conquer or to fall, 
Attend, my lads! to honor's call — 
Embark on our Hyder-Ally! 

From an Eastern Prince she takes her name, 
Who, smit with freedom's sacred flame. 
Usurping Britons brought to shame, 
His country's wrongs avenging. 

See on her stern the brilliant stars — 
Inured to blood, inured to wars, 
Come enter quick, my jolly tars. 

To scourge these haughty Britons! 

Though stormy oceans round us roll. 
We'll keep a iirm undaunted soul, 
Befriended by the cheering bowl. 
Sworn foes to melancholy! 

While timorous landsmen lurk on shore, 
'Tis ours to go where cannons roar — 
On a coasting cruise we'll go once more, 
Despisers of all danger. — 

And fortune still, that crowns the brave 
Shall guard us o'er the gloomy wave — 
A fearful heart betrays a knave! 
Success to the Hyder-AIly. 

The text of the following was written a few days 
after the battle, and is entitled a "Song on Captain 

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Barney's Victory over the Ship General Monk." In 
all there are twelve verses; we copy one verse only: 

O'er the waste of waters cruising, 

Long the General Monk had reign'd, 
All subduing, all reducing — 

None her lawless rage restrain'd! 
Many a brave and hearty fellow, 

Yielding to this warlike woe, 
When her guns began to bellow. 

Struck his humbled colors low! 

It is to be regretted that the music to which these 
ballads were sung cannot be indicated. 

Note. — In "The Naval Monument," a book pub- 
lished in 1815 at Concord, Massachusetts, U. S. A., by 
A. Bowen, an account appears of the reception given 
in France to Lieutenant Joshua Barney, the hero of 
some dashing naval exploits during the Revolutionary 
War and who was sent by our Government to Paris 
with despatches to Franklin. Mr. Bowen's book states 
that a certain musical "skit," called "Barney, leave 
the girls alone," owed its origin to the kiss publicly 
bestowed on the American officer by the beautiful 
Marie Antoinette, and was composed by Count O'L. of 
the Irish Brigade, who was present at court when the 
royal familiarity took place; and he stated that the 
maids of honor were all so eager to follow the gracious 
example set by the lovely queen that Mr. Barney be- 
came an object of envy and dislike to the entire heau 
monde. 

Through the courtesy of Mr. James Croggon, of 
Washington, D. C, it is possible to supply a partial 

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Treafurer of ihc United States of America in CongreCs-ineinbled, in the penalty 
of Twenty Tlioufand Spanijk milled i)ollari',9r>®ther money equivalent thereto,. 

to be paid to the faid C AW/a*^ c^^tt'^^^f.y^y — TreafuNi, as 

aforefaid, or to his fiicceflbrs in that office. ^^.jPo which payiiKnt well and truly 
to be made and done, We bind ourfelvcs, our Heirs, Executors and Adminiftrat- 
ors, jointlvand fcve^Uy, Ji^ly by tliele^^rcffi^ts. Sealed with our feals, and 
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year of the Independence of the United States of America,*^ 



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mounting -vv;-/^-"- carriage guns, and navigated by ^n*^ /{/j frtOre^^^n^^^o^^ ^^ 

v/^ - men, who hath applied for and received acommifTion, bcaring^iisUe wltn 

thefe prefents, licencing and authorizing him to fit out and fet forU>fhe faid >i^^^-- - 

__-. in a warlike manner, and by and with the faid //r-iy^ ^ 

and the Otficers and Crew thereof, by force of arms to attack, 'fub3ue, feize and take all 
fhip":, veJTels and goods, belonging to the King or Crown of Great-Britain, or to his fub- 
jeits or others inhahioiijj,' within any of the territories or pofic(,'lons of the aforefaid King of 
Great-Britain, and a:iv jther (hips or vefl'ds, goods, ware^ijd merchandizes, to whomfo- 
ever belonging, which arc or (hall be declared td bi fubje<?rs of capture, by any Ordinance 
of the United States in Congrtliflflc^yftled.^er^rhich are i,b deemed by the Law of Nati- 
ons. ]f therefore the faid ,/'.^^/S<=/-'<E.<J^;5'vr^^^ ' '■' "T .' fliall not exceed 
or tranfgrefs the powers and ji*morities' given and^anted to him in and by the faid com- 
midion, or which arc or fliall be given and granted to bim by any Ordinances, Adls or In-' 
flrudionsof the United States in Congrefs affembled, bi4^1,Vin all things govern and con- 
duct himfelf as Mafler and Commander of the faid >>^</i''^ '~'7r 

and the Officers and Crew belonging to the farae,'iSy and^ccording to the faid Commifli- 
on. Ordinances, A<fts and InArudions, and any treaties fubnlUng or which may fubfill be- 
tween "the United States in Congrefs -.iirembk-d, and any Printe, I'owcr or Potentate what- 
ever; and (hall not violate the La\v of Nations or .the rights of Neutral Towers, or any of 
their fubjtdts, and (hall make reparation for all damages Curtained by any mjj^pdudt or uo- 
warrantable proceedings of himfelf or the Officers or Crew of the (;ud -^/V^^ 
then this obligation to be void, olherwife to rciji^Ran fifll force . 

Signed, Siokd and Dflhen-d C>/ J^/^ 

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"General Monk," after its capture by him, April 8, 1782. 




COALMODORE JOSHUA BARNEY 

From a medallion painted by Jean Baptiste Isabey, a French 
painter, 1767-1855. Commodore Barney was an intimate friend 
of Count Bertrand, one of Napoleon's generals, and Isabey is most 
distinguished as having painted the Empress Josephine and most 
of the marshals of France. A vase which was given to Commodore 
Barney by Count Bertrand, is now in possession of one of his 
descendants. 

Photographed especially for this work 
by courtesy of 

Miss Nannie Dornin Barney 
Washington, D. C. 



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Descendant of 

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copy of the "skit" "Barney leave the girls alone;" 
taken from a copy of "The American Songster," con- 
taining a choice selection of old songs, by John Kenedy. 
Third Edition. Baltimore: Published and sold by 
John Kenedy, and for sale at No. i6, first book-stand 
after you go into the Maryland Arcade, Centre Market 
Space. 1830, pages 114-116. 



BARNEY LEAVE THE GIRLS ALONE 

Judy leads me such a life! (Repeat) 
The devil n'er had such a wife; 

What can the matter be? 
For, if I sing the funny song 
Of Dolly put the kettle on, 
She's mocking at me all day long; 

What can the matter be? 

Mr. Barney leave the girls alone! (Repeat; 
Why don't you leave the girls alone, 
And let them quiet be? 

Put the muffins down to roast, (Repeat) 
Blow the fire and make the toast; 

We'll all take tea. 
Barney your a wicked boy, (Repeat) 
And you do always play and toy 

With all the gals you see. 

Mr. Barney leave the girls alone! (Repeat) 
Why don't you leave the girls alone, 

And let them quiet be? 
Mr. Barney leave the girls alone! (Repeat) 
Why don't you leave the girls alone, 

And let them quiet be? 

Barney rock the cradle, O! (Repeat) 
Or else you'll get the ladle, O! 
When Judy harps to-day. 



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Spoken. — Barney, rock the cradle, or I'll break your pate with 
the ladle; yes you dog, if you don't mind your P's and Q's, I'll 
comb your head with a three-legged stool. You see, the other 
afternoon I was ax'd out to take a comfortable dish oi four shilling 
schou-schong tea, and I sat alongside of Miss Polly Spriggins; I 
saw she got quite smitten with my countenance — says she to me, 
Mr. Barney will you have a game of hunt the slipper.? With all 
my heart, says I, then my wife bawled out, from the other end of 
the parlour, 

Mr. Barney leave the girls alone, (Repeat) 
Why don't you leave the girls alone, 

And let them quiet be.? 
Judy she loves whiskey, O! (Repeat) 
She goes to uncle's shop at night. 

And spends an hour or two; 
Then Barney, what must Barney do, 
But take a drop of whiskey too, (Last page in book) 

Mr. Croggon's copy is unfortunately incomplete, 
and probably a certain portion of the end of the song 
is missing. No copy of "The American Songster" in- 
cluding the above "Skit" complete is knowm to be in 
the custody of any Library. 



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COMMODORE JOSHUA BARNEY 

Artist unknown 
Courtesy of 

Mrs. Richard T. Yoe 
Miss Bonnycastle 
Louisville, Ky. 



Adoption of the Constitution of the 
United States, 1788 



ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE 
UNITED STATES, 1788 



On the 28th of April, 1788, the Maryland state con- 
vention passed a resolution to adopt the constitution 
for the United States without amendments. In July 
of the same year, eleven of the states having in the 
meantime declared in favor of the adoption, the instru- 
ment was confirmed and ratified by Congress. The 
people everywhere testified their joy at this event by 
some public demonstration. In Baltimore a proces- 
sion was formed on Philpot's Hill in which both parties, 
forgetting their recent feuds, joined in fraternal har- 
mony. The mechanical trades, the liberal professions, 
all united in the procession and respectively displayed 
their appropriate banners. Commodore Barney per- 
formed a conspicuous part on this occasion. He had a 
small boat fifteen feet in length, completely rigged and 
perfectly equipped as a ship, which was called the 
Federalist, which being mounted upon four wheels and 
drawn by the same number of horses, took its place in 
the procession. He commanded the ship and was 
honored with a crew of captains who, at his word and 
the boatswain's pipe, went through all the various 
manoeuvers of making and taking in sail, to the great 
delight of the crowded windows, doors and balconies 
by which they passed. The ship was immediately fol- 
lowed by all the captains, mates and seamen at that 

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time in the port of Baltimore. It was paraded through 
all the principal streets of Fell's Point and the other 
portions of the city, and finally anchored on the beauti- 
ful and lofty bank southwest of the Basin, which from 
that occurrence received and has ever since borne the 
name of "Federal Hill." This idea of carrying a full- 
rigged ship in procession originated entirely with Cap- 
tain Barney. After the pageant was over, it was re- 
solved to present the ship to General Washington, in 
the name of the merchants and ship-masters of Balti- 
more. It was launched and navigated by Commodore 
Barney down the Chesapeake Bay down to the mouth 
of the Potomac and thence up the river to Mount 
Vernon. General Washington received it with an ap- 
propriate letter under date of June 8, 1778. 

General Washington having been unanimously 
chosen president of the United States in 1789, arrived 
in Baltimore on his way to Congress at New York on 
the 17th of April. He was met some miles from town 
by a large body of respectable citizens on horseback 
and conducted to Mr. Grant's tavern. A great number 
of citizens were presented and were graciously received 
by this illustrious man. 

The address in behalf of the citizens of Baltimore 
was signed by the following persons: 

■James McHenry R. Smith 

Nicholas Rogers O. H. Williams 

'Joshua Barney Thorowgood Smith 






"Paul Bentalau William Clemm 

"John Bankson J. Swan." 

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MILL PRISON, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND 



For a suspected attempt with others to break from 
prison while being held as a prisoner of war in Mill 
Prison, Plymouth, England, in 1780, Commodore 
Barney was confined in solitary dungeon for thirty days, 
in heavy irons. 

"Mill Prison" was situated in the center of an ex- 
tensive court, surrounded by high, double walls with 
an area of twenty feet between them. Numerous 
sentinels were posted, not only among the prisoners 
within the building and court, but in the area between 
the surrounding walls, and along the whole line of the 
outer wall. The gates in the two walls were placed over 
against each other; the upper one was formed of an 
iron paling eight feet high; the lower one stood open 
for the most part all day, in order to allow free com- 
munication with the keeper of the prison, whose ofhce 
stood in the area. From eight o'clock in the morning 
until sunset, the prisoners were allowed the freedom of 
the courtyard. 



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Lieut. Joshua Barney Dissatisfied with 
the Treatment by the Government 



LIEUT. JOSHUA BARNEY DISSATISFIED 

WITH THE TREATMENT BY THE 

GOVERNMENT 



Copied from the Original in the Archives of the Con- 
tinental Congress Department of State, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 

To the Honorable the Delegates of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled 
The Memorial of Joshua Barney 
most respectfully sheweth 
That your Memorialist hath served four years as a 
Lieutenant in the Navy in the Service of America dur- 
ing fifteen months of which Time he hath been a Pris- 
oner with the Enemy That he hath borne that Rank 
on Board a Ship having more than twenty guns and 
is at present directed to take the Rank of first Lieu- 
tenant on board the Saratoga a vessel of inferior force. 
That by a Resolve of your Honours the pay of Officers 
are reduced in proportion to his Reduction in point of 
Rank on Board the Vessels of several force. That two 
Years Pay is due to your Petitioner for his former ser- 
vices which in the present depreciated state of the 
Currency is not worth his acceptance. That Applica- 
tion hath been made to the Board of Admiralty and no 
Satisfaction can be obtained from that Quarter without 
an Order from your Honours. He therefore prays your 
Honours would fix his Rank and ascertain the pay he 
shall receive &c. &c. 

JOSHUA BARNEY LT. 
PhiladV July 26, 1780. 

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COMMODORE JOSHUA BARNEY 



Engraved by J. Gross 

from a drawing by W. C. Armstrong 

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COMMODORE BARNEY IN NEW ENGLAND 



Commodore Joshua Barney returned to United 
States in 1781, arriving in Beverly in December on 
ship Cicero, direct from Corunna, Spain. Here he 
received an offer from Messrs. Cabot to command their 
privateer, but decUned the offer. From Beverly he 
went to Salem, remaining here and visiting Boston in 
January and February, leaving Boston after weeks of 
pleasure spent in New England. On the night of his 
arrival at Boston a snow storm commenced which con- 
tinued for several days and covered the roads to such 
a depth as to interrupt all the ordinary modes of travel- 
ing; he was compelled in consequence to remain in 
Boston for several weeks. Finally, with a friend, the 
trip to Baltimore was undertaken in a sleigh, and on 
March 21, 1782, he arrived in Baltimore, the journey 
from Princeton, New Jersey, being made in a carriage. 



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Courtesy of 

William Joshua Barney 

New York City 



Order of Cincinnati 

Original badge presented to 

Commodore Joshua Barney 

by 

King Louis XVI 



The years from 1 798-1 802 were spent in Paris by 
Commodore Barney, in hopes of having his claims 
paid for services and money advanced while in the 
service of the French navy, but without success. He 
now demanded his discharge from the French service, 
which was at first politely refused by Napoleon, but 
eventually granted in 1802, and Commodore Barney 
was placed on the pension roll with an annuity of fif- 
teen hundred dollars, which he declined. 

In 1805 Commodore Barney was offered the super- 
intendence of the Navy Yard at Washington, but 
declined. 

Commodore Joshua Barney arrived at Newport, 
Rhode Island in his schooner Rossie, the last of August, 
181 2, from a cruise along the eastern coast of the 
United States. During his absence he captured fifteen 
vessels. Nine of the number he burned or sunk. Com- 
modore Barney remained in this port about eight or 
ten days. He returned home to Baltimore in November. 



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Note.— The HORNET and the WASP on which 
Commodore Barney served during the Revolutionary 
War, are not the same as the vessels of those names 
which served in the war of 1812. The former were 
blown up in Delaware Bay in 1777 to prevent their 
falling into the hands of the enemy. 

From the Federal Gazette, September 4, 181 3. Com- 
modore Joshua Barney and L. Taylor, both of Balti- 
more, fought a duel in Virginia. Taylor was wounded, 
but not dangerously. 

A splendid public dinner was given to Commodore 
John Rodgers on the 7th of April, 18 14, at William 
Stevenson Barney's Fountain Inn, Baltimore. The 
company was numerous and of the first respectability. 
The mayor, Edward Johnson, presided, assisted by 
Major McKim and N. Williams. The toasts were 
eminently patriotic. 



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About four or five miles northeast of Washington, on 
the east branch of the Potomac River in Prince George 
County, and not far over the line separating Maryland 
from the District of Columbia is Bladensburg, named 
in honor of Thomas Bladen, one of the early governors 
of Maryland. Before Washington was founded this 
was a promising village. In the early days, the route 
between the capital and Baltimore led through here, 
a stage coach making daily trips each way, and it was 
thought to be a town with a bright future. The 
shallow stream which now divides and flows on both 
sides of the town was then a river of good size. 

One of the earliest postoffices in this country was 
established here. 

Calvert Hall, once the residence of the descendant of 
Lord Baltimore, the founder of Maryland, is located 
here. Within its walls Henry Clay drafted his famous 
compromise bill in 1827; here Lafayette was received 
and entertained, and Daniel Webster was a frequent 
and welcome visitor. An historical society has re- 
cently purchased this place and intends to restore the 
house to its original condition, and under the name of 
the Calvert Hall of History, to make it a repository of 
the records and relics of the family by whom it was 
founded. 

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At the battle of Bladensburg, August 24, 18 14, Com- 
modore Barney was conspicuous. With a battery and 
six hundred marines, he was stationed by an old mill 
which is still standing, near the bridge spanning the I 
river, and seems to have done most of the fighting. Of ' 
the British loss, the greater number was at this point. | 
The Americans stood their ground against the British 
veterans for a time, and the British Colonel in command 

was killed. ' 

Commodore Barney, during the fight, was badly 
wounded. The battle lasted from one o'clock to four 
o'clock in the afternoon. Our forces were pursued by 
the enemy, who entered Washington that evening. 

During the preparation for the battle, the President, ' 
the Attorney-General, the Secretaries of State and War, j 
two members of Congress and Francis Scott Key (who 
a few days later wrote the Star Spangled Banner), came 
to the field. 



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A Sword Presented to Commodore Barney by 

the City of Washington and a description 

of the same as it appeared in Mrs. 

Mary Barney's "Biographical 

Memoir of Commodore 

Joshua Barney" 



Resolved, By the Board of Aldermen and Board of 
Common Council of the City of Washington, That 
the Mayor be, and he hereby is, authorized to present 
to Commodore Barney a sword, as a testimonial of the 
high sense which this Corporation entertains of his 
distinguished gallantry and good conduct in the battle 
of Bladensburg. 

Resolved, That the Mayor be and he hereby is author- 
ized to present through Commodore Barney, the thanks 
of the Corporation to the gallant officers and men, who 
served under his orders on the twenty-fourth of August 
last — and to assure them this Corporation entertains 
the most lively sense of their services on that day. 

(Signed) R. C. Weightman, 
President of the Board of Common Council. 
Approved September 28, 18 14. 

Jo. Gales, Jr., 
President pro tempore of the Board of Aldermen. 

James Blake, Mayor. 

"We have been favored with the following descrip- 
tion of the sword lately presented to Commodore 
Joshua Barney by the Corporation of this City, in 
testimony of the intrepidity and valor displayed by 
him and the handful of men under his immediate 
command, in defence of the City of Washington, on 
the twenty-fourth day of August, 18 14. The sword 
is elegant — the device on it is handsome. On the 
outer side of the blade is a mythologic emblem. It is a 
figure with helmet, visor up, holding on the left arm 
a fasces indicative of the genius of the Union; the left 

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foot is in the prow of a galley, and the right is on the 

land; the right hand holds an inverted spear erect on 

a globe, indicative of valor and military renown by 
sea and by land, 

"The rest are the usual technical and military 
trophies and a naval crown. 

"The blade is damasked, clouded, purpled, gilt and 
purpled, with the point and edge highly burnished, 
and it has a shell, containing the eagle with the anchor, 
surrounded by eighteen stars. The hilt, an eagle head, 
the guard a stirrup with trophies, and the whole 
mounting, scabbard and hilt and guard, are of solid 
pure silver, highly gilt. 

"The following inscription appears on the blade: 
'In testimony of the intrepidity and valor of Commo- 
dore Joshua Barney, and the handful of men under his 
immediate command in the defense of the City of 
Washington on the twenty-fourth of August, 1814 — 
the Corporation of the city have bestowed on him this 
sword.' " 



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Note — Much has been said regarding the intense 
heat at the time of the Battle of Bladensburg and as 
a possible excuse for not arriving at better results for 
the American Army; but why should not these men 
have stood their ground as did the Acton Minute Men 
in the fight at Concord Bridge, and Lexington, April 19, 
1775, resulting in the British being driven many miles 
in a running fight on a day equally warm? 



Note. — It was the secretary of the navy William 
Jones who gave orders to Commodore Joshua Barney 
to sail with the boats under his command to the de- 
fence of Washington and early in July moved his 
flotilla up to Nottingham about forty miles from Wash- 
ington a small village on the Patuxent. 



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JOSHUA BARNEY. 



Portrait of Commodore Joshua Barney 
Drawn by W. Croome 
Engraved by G. T. Devercux 
1844. 



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ELEGIAC STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF SIR 

PETER PARKER 



This gallant officer fell in August, 1814, in his twenty- 
ninth year, whilst commanding, on shore, a party be- 
longing to his ship, the Menelaus, and animating them 
in storming the American camp near Bladensburg. He 
was Lord Byron's first cousin; but they had never met 
since bovhood. 



There is a tear for all that die, 

A mourner o'er the humblest grave; 

But nations swell the funeral cry, 

And Triumph weeps above the brave. 

For them in Sorrow's purest sigh 
O'er Ocean's heaving bosom sent: 

In vain their bones unburied lie, 

All earth becomes their monument! 

A tomb is their's on every page. 

An epitaph on every tongue: 
The present hours, the future age. 

For them bewail, to them belong. 

For them the voice of festal mirth 

Grows hush'd, their name the only sound; 

While deep Remembrance pours to Worth 
The goblet's tributary round. 

A theme to crowds that knew them not, 

Lamented by admiring foes, 
Who would not share their glorious lot.^" 

Who would not die the death they chose? 



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And, gallant Parker! thus enshrined 
Thy life, thy fall, thy fame shall be; 

And early valour, glowing, find 
A model in thy memory. 

But there are breasts that bleed with thee 
In woe, that glory cannot quell; 

And shuddering hear of victory, 

Where one so dear, so dauntless fell. 

(Byron) 



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It has been mentioned that young Joshua Barney 
was the first individual to unfurl the banner of the 
Union in his native state, in October, 1775; it is a re- 
markable coincidence that he was also the last officer 
to quit its service, in July, 1784, having been for many 
months before the only officer retained by the United 
States. His native city, Baltimore, was the scene of 
both incidents. 

Commodore Joshua Barney took part in seventeen 
battles during the Revolutionary War and in nine 
battles during the War of 18 12. 

For the valuable services of her husband. Congress 
granted Mrs. Barney a pension for life. 

"In the character of Commodore Barney we recognize 
all the elements of a popular hero. To a noble and 
commanding presence he added that cordiality and 
kindness of manner which is universally recognized, 
and with his fidelity in the discharge of duty, he com- 
manded the esteem of every administration he served 
and the affection of every man he commanded." 



165 



The intelligence of the death of Commodore Joshua 
Barney reached Baltimore December 7, 1818. At an 
extra session of the city council held soon after, the 
following resolution was passed, which will show the 
respect entertained for his memory by his native city: 

^^ Resolved, by the Mayor and City Council of 
Baltimore, 

That the Mayor and Presidents of the two branches 
be and are hereby authorized and required to employ 
Mr. Rembrandt Peale to execute from the best likeness 
that can be obtained in this city, a portrait of our late 
distinguished fellow citizen Commodore Joshua Barney; 
and that the said portrait be placed in the chamber of 
the first branch, as a testimony of respect for his mem- 
ory and gratitude for his patriotic services." 



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Copy of a portrait of 

Commodore Joshua Barney in the 

Mayor's Office, Baltimore, Maryland. 

The original painting was by 

Rembrandt Peale. A Resolution for its execution was passed by the 

Mayor and City Council of Baltimore on 

the death of Commodore Barney. 

Photographed for this work by special permission. 



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Commodore Joshua Barney 

died 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

December 1, 1818 



We gather the following from 

the newspapers 

of 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 



The Mercury, December 4, 181 8 

Died. — In this city, on Tuesday last. Commodore 
JOSHUA BARNEY, late of Baltimore. This gentle- 
man highly distinguished himself during the revolu- 
tionary and the last war, by his ardent attachment to 
his country, by the signal services he rendered her; and 
by the intrepidity of his conduct in the most trying and 
dangerous situations. His name will long be remem- 
bered by his grateful countrymen. The commodore] 
was on his way to Kentucky, with his family. 

On Wednesday, his remains were interred in the 
burial ground of First Presbyterian Church. Although 
he died among strangers, yet his fellow citizens were 
not strangers to his distinguished worth and services. 
The manner in which the last sad rites were performed 
to his memory, and the immense concourse which at-| 
tended on the occasion, mournfully evinced the high 
interest they felt in witnessing the departure of another^ 
of the revolutionary heroes. 

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British IMusket-ball received in battle at Bladens- 

burg, Maryland, August 24, 18 14, by Commodore 

Joshua Barney. At the time of his death in 1818, 

the ball was extracted and given to his eldest son 

Courtesy of 

Miss Elizabeth Young Thompson, 
Baltimore, Mar\'land, 
Great-grand-daughter of 
Commodore Joshua Barney. 



The following was the order of procession: 

1. The City Guards. 

2. The Military. 

3. Masonick brethren in Lodges. 

4. Clergy and Physicians. 

5. The Corpse — surmoimted, as a pall, with the 

United States Flag, under zvhich the gallant com- 
modore achieved his distinguished victory over the 
General Monk. 

6. Mourners. 

7. The Corporation of the City. 

8. The Judiciary. 

9. Gentlemen of the Bar. 
10. Citizens. 

We understand that the commodore died of a Bilious 
Cholick. His indisposition was of but a few days dura- 
tion. Agreeably to his request the ball which he received 
from the enemy at the battle of Bladensburgh, was 
searched for after his decease. It had entered on the 
side of his thigh a few inches above the knee, and was 
extracted from his hip, to which it had passed along 
the thigh bone. It proved to be a large musket ball. 

Note. — This ball is now (1912) in possession of Miss 
Elizabeth Young Thompson, Baltimore. 



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Pittsburgh Gazette, December 4, 1818. 

Died, in this place on Tuesday evening the 1st of 
December, on his way to Kentucky, Commodore 
JOSHUA BARNEY, in the 67th year of his age. 

The utmost respect was shown to the memory of this 
distinguished officer, in performing the last duties that 
are due by the laws of Christianity and of custom. He 
was buried with Military and Masonic honours, the 
regular troops from the Arsenal and from Lieut. 
M'Cabe's company, being joined by the City Guards 
under Captain Trevillo. The Mayor of the city of 
Pittsburgh, with the Corporation, the Clergy, and the 
different professions marching in procession as separate 
bodies. 

In announcing the death of this brave man it would 
have given us pleasure to have been able to offer a 
sketch of the history of his public life. We, however, 
only know it, with certainty, by two actions; but these 
two are of that brilliant order, as to be sufficient to gild 
his memory with never dying fame. We allude to the 
affairs of the capture of the "General Monk" and the 
"Battle of Bladensburgh." The former was an act of 
daring courage never surpassed, and of the same class 
of splendid achievement that was displayed by Paul 
Jones, in the action between the "Good Man Richard" 
and the " Serapis." The "General Monk" was an elegant 
copper bottomed sloop, carrying eighteen 9 pounders, and 
commanded by Captain Rodgers; the " Hyder-Ally " 
only carried four 9, and twelve 6 pounders. The en- 
gagement took place on the 26th of April, 1782, within 
Cape May. 



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So convinced were the British that our ship would 
be taken, that in anticipation of the event, she was 
advertised for sale in New York, in "Rivington's Royal 
Gazette." The legislature of Pennsylvania voted 
Captain Barney an elegant sword, as a reward for his 
gallantry. On this occasion, it is but justice to observe, 
that Captain Barney received the most important aid 
from Captain Edward Scull, brother to Mr. John Scull, 
late editor of this paper. Captain Scull commanded a 
body of marines recruited by himself, and behaved in 
such a manner as to merit the particular thanks of the 
Commodore, which this officer, with that liberality 
which distinguishes brave minds, publicly offered at 
the Coffee House in Philadelphia. The conduct of 
Com. Barney at Bladensburgh, is too recent in the 
minds of every American to need repeating; it was 
such as to command the unequivocal admiration of his 
enemies, and to redeem in some measure, the disgraces 
of that fatal day. We believe that at the time of his 
death, he held a lucrative post in Baltimore, given by 
his government, as a reward for his services. 

In obedience to a wish frequently expressed by the 
Commodore, the ball he received at the battle of 
Bladensburgh was extracted after his death by Drs. 
Dawson and Mowry; it was found lodged near the 
lesser trochanter, flattened next the bone. 



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The Statesma7i, December 5, 1818. 



DEATH OF COMMODORE JOSHUA BARNEY 

Died. — In this city, on Tuesday morning, the ist 
inst. after a short illness. Commodore Joshua Barney, 
in the 60th year of his age. His remains were interred 
in the burial ground of the first Presbyterian church, 
on Wednesday, with military and masonic honours. 
The procession was one of the largest and most re- 
spectable ever witnessed in this city, and moved in the 
following order, from the house of E. Pentland. 

Pittsburgh City Guards, commanded by 

Captain Trevillo. 

United States Troops. 

Masonic Lodges No. 45 and 113, in the usual order. 

The Clergy and Physicians of the city. 



Pall 
Major Long, 
Lieut. Meade, 
G. Wilkins, 



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Lieut. M'Cabe, 
Davidson, 
H. Wilkins. 

Mourners. 

Mayor and Recorder of the city. 

Judges of the Courts of the county. 

Select and Common Councils of the city. 

Prothonotary and Recorder of the county. 

Sheriff and Coroner of the county. 

Gentlemen of the Bar. 

Citizens. 



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Commodore Barney was on his way to Kentucky 
with his family, intending to make that state his future 
residence — when his career was stopped by one of those 
visitations of Providence, to which all are liable. The 
situation of his distressed widow and children, thus 
suddenly deprived of their protector and friend, in a 
strange place, is better conceived than described. 

Every respect was shown to the memory of this gal- 
lant and celebrated officer, which times and circum- 
stances would admit of. As one of the heroes of the 
revolution, he was beloved and respected — and as the 
champion of Bladensburgh he was every where received 
with enthusiasm. One of the most celebrated naval 
engagements which took place during the revolutionary 
war, was fought by Commodore Barney, on board the 
Hyder-Ally, against the General Monk, a vessel of 
superior force commanded by Captain Rogers, the 
former carrying only four nine and twelve six pounders 
— and the latter eighteen nine pounders. This engage- 
ment was fought within Cape May, on the 26th of 
April, 1782, and gained for the Commodore the ap- 
plause and thanks of his country. For his gallantry 
on the occasion, the legislature of Pennsylvania voted 
him an elegant sword. 

"On this occasion, it is but justice to observe, that 
Captain Barney received the most im.portant aid from 
Captain Edward Scull, brother to Mr. John Scull, late 
editor of the Pittsburgh Gazette. Captain Scull com- 
manded a body of marines recruited by himself, and 
behaved in such a manner as to merit the particular 
thanks of the Commodore, which this officer, with that 

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liberality which distinguishes brave minds, publicly 
offered at the Coffee House in Philadelphia." 

The conduct of Commodore Barney, at the battle of 
Bladensburgh, is recollected by all. In this engagement 
he was wounded and taken prisoner by General Ross 
and Admiral Cockburn, and parolled on the spot. The 
ball could not be extracted, and in the opinion of the 
physicians was the final cause of his death. In com- 
pliance with a wish often expressed by the commodore 
in his lifetime, the ball was extracted after his death by 
Drs. Dawson and Mowry; it was found lodged near the 
trochanter minor of the right fermins, flattened next 
the bone. 

H^^ The age of Commodore Barney has been mis- 
stated in one of our papers. He was born in Baltimore 
on the 6th July, 1759, and was in his 60th year. He 
was but 23 years of age when he took the Gen. Monk. 
His disease was not a billious cholic, as was reported, 
but lumbago and inflamatory sore throat, &c. 



The Pittsburgh Gazette, December 25, 1818. 

Com. Barney. — Dr. Ewell, who remained in Wash- 
ington during its occupation by the British troops, has 
affixed to a late Medical work, a sketch of the principal 
incidents of that period. The following paragraph will 
be read with interest. 

"The saying that ^ brave men are always generous\ 
"was signally illustrated in the pleasure that General 
"Ross manifested in praising Com. Barney for his be- 

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haviour in the battle of Bladensburgh. 'A brave officer, 
sir,' said he, *he had only a handful of men with him, 
and yet he gave us a very severe shock. I am sorry he 
was wounded; however, I immediately gave him a 
parole, and hope he will do well. Had half your army 
been composed of such men as the Commodore com- 
manded, with the advantage you had in choosing 
your position, we should never have got to your city 



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There have been two boats named for Commodore 
Joshua Barney by the United States government. The 
first was a paddle-wheel steamer built in New York, 
purchased under the name ETHAN ALLEN, Octo- 
ber 2, 1861, and sold in 1868. She was called the 
COMMODORE BARNEY. The second, the torpedo 
boat BARNEY, built during the war with Spain in 1900. 



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THE TORPEDO BOAT BARNEY" 



After the war with Spain, the United States decided 
to increase the navy and a number of torpedo boats 
were built, these all to be named for distinguished naval 
officers, one to be called the Barney. The Secretary 
of the Navy remarked to Miss Nannie Dornin Barney, 
then engaged in one of the departments of the navy, 
and a great grand-child of Commodore Joshua Barney, 
that she ought to be the one to christen the boat and 
the Secretary wrote to that effect to the Company 
having the boat under construction. Later Miss Barney 
went on a trip to Europe and while absent a letter, and 
later a telegram with information that she was to be 
sponsor on the occasion of the launching, were received. 
In the absence of Miss Barney, it was suggested that 
her sister. Miss Esther N. Barney, act in her place, and 
subsequently the honor was oflFered to and accepted by 
Esther N. Barney, of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The 
christening took place Saturday, July 28, 1900. 



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TORPEDO BOAT BARNEY 

Rides on Kennebec Tide After Successful Launch 



The torpedo boat Barney was launched July 28, 1900, 
from the Bath Iron Works at i :37, in the presence of a 
congregation that filled every advantage ground from 
which a glimpse of the craft could be obtained. 

The gates of the works were thrown open to the 
public at 1:15 and before 1:30, the time announced for 
the launching, it is estimated that two thousand people 
were assembled. 

A platform was erected at the bow of the Barney^ 
decorated with flags and bunting, and was occupied by 
the launching party who arrived at 1 :28. 

Miss Esther Nicholson Barney of Fredericksburg, 
Virginia, had the honor of christening the boat. She is 
the daughter of the late Captain J. N. Barney, and the 
great granddaughter of the late Commodore Joshua 
Barney of Revolutionary fame for whom the craft is 
named. She was accompanied by her mother, and 
sister, Mrs. J. W. Adams, and nephew, Nicholson 
Barney Adams of Fredericksburg, Virginia. 

The craft started at 1 137 and slid overboard so noise- 
lessly that many in the rear ranks of the audience did 
not know that the event had taken place. Miss Barney, 
as the craft started, smashed a bottle of American 
champagne across the stem, saying, "I christen thee 

178 



Barney.'*^ The bottle was decorated with red, white 
and blue ribbon. 

The Barney is one of the three boats contracted for. 
The principal dimensions of the boat are: 

Length between perpendiculars 157 ft. Beam 
moulded 17 feet. Depth at centre amidships 10 feet 
9 inches. Mean draft of water on trial 4 feet, 8 inches. 
Displacement on trial 160 tons. Speed on trial (2 hours) 
28 knots. 

The armanent consists of three 3-pounder S. A. R. F. 
guns and three tubes for short 18-inch Whitehead tor- 
pedoes. Ample ammunition is carried for the guns and 
there is provisioa for carrying five torpedoes. 

There is a conning tower forward made of half inch 
nickel steel with a searchlight mounted on top of it. 
Coal bunkers are located on each side of the boilers and 
on one side of each engine. 

The propelling machinery consists of two vertical 
triple expansion engines and two water tube boilers 
each in a separate watertight compartment. 

There are eleven large water tight compartments 
separated by transverse bulkheads. Some of these 
compartments are further subdivided by longitudinal 
bulkheads, making a total of fifteen water tight divi- 
sions in all. The two compartments at the middle of 
the boat are occupied by the main engine and con- 
densers and the auxiliaries. Just forward and just aft 
of these compartments are the boiler compartments, 
each containing one boiler and the usual fire room 
auxiliaries. 

The two compartments forward of the forward boiler 

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are occupied by the crew, while the one just aft of the 
after boiler is devoted to the officers and the one aft of 
that to the petty officers. 

The boat is fitted with steam steering gear and steam 
windlass. There is also an electric light plant of about 
60 lights capacity. 

The people of Fredericksburg, Virginia, were much 
interested in the torpedo boat Barney. 



I So 



The petition presented to Congress asking that a cir- 
cle in Washington, District of Columbia, be named for 
Commodore Joshua Barney, has been favorably acted 
upon. The petition covers a request also for funds to 
erect a monument in his honor. 



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JOSHUA BARNEY 



JOHN PAUL JONES 



BARNEY-JONES 



Why should not the body of 

Commodore Joshua Barney 

United States Navy 

1776-1812 

rest permanently in the Chapel of the United States 

Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland? Certainly 

his is one of the most brilliant records of any naval 

officer of his time. 



JOHN PAUL JONES 

Born July 6, 1747 



Age 
12 

20 

26 

29 



Sailor 

Captain merchant marine 

Naval Lieutenant 

Naval Captain 

Naval Commodore (French) 32 

Special envoy 36 

Recipient of gold medal 
from Congress of the 
United States 40 

Vice-admiral in Russian 
navy 41 



JOSHUA BARNEY 

Born July 6, 1759 
Baltimore, Maryland 

7 ^ 



Entered on pilot boat, 
Baltimore 

Sailor boy and embarked 
on first voyage 

Took command of mer- 
chant reserve 

Master's mate on sloop 
"Hornet" and unfurled 
the first "Star-spangled 
Banner" in the State of 
Maryland 

Lieutenant in the United 
States Navy 



Age 



12 



12 



16 



16 



17 



Captain John Paul Jones, 
United States Navy, did not re- 
ceive the salute of the French 
admiral at Brest till February, 
1778. 



Captain Alexander and Lieu- 
tenant Joshua Barney were the 
American officers to receive the 
first salute paid by a foreigner. 
This was in 1776, after the 
Declaration of Independence. 



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JOHN PAUL JONES 

Jones (John Paul), whose true 
patronymic was John Paul, 
born in Scotland at Arbig- 
land on the Firth Sohva}% 
Irish Sea between England 
and Scotland, July 6, 1747. 
At twelve apprenticed to a 
ship builder. His first voy- 
age took him to Virginia, 
where his brother William 
had settled. Was third mate 
on slaver. 

Returned from Jamaica, 1768, 
and on way master and mate 
died. Jones took command. 
In 1773 he came from Ja- 
maica to Virginia to settle 
his brother's estate. Here 
he added name Jones. 

Was appointed lieutenant in 
navy December 22, 1775 by 
Congress, on "Alfred" flagship 
and raised the first American 
flag with his own hands, and 
the first ever displayed. 

Appointed to command "Alfred" 
which sailed November 2, 
1776. 

A bill to appropriate ^135,000 
for a crypt in the new chapel 
at the United States Naval 
Academy, in which it is pro- 
posed to place the body of 
John Paul Jones, was passed 
by the Senate of the Sixtieth 
Congress. 

Provision for the body of John 
Paul Jones: In March, 1911, 
Congress passed a bill appro- 



JOSHUA BARNEY 



Age 
18 



Was prisoner of war 

Commander of the Vir- 
ginia Frigate in the War 
of the Revolution 19 

A prisoner for the second 
time 19 

Married 20 



Prisoner for the third time 
and fourth time 



21 



In May 1782, was ap- 
pointed Captain in the 
navy of the United 
States and the same year 
the State of Pennsyl- 
vania presented him with 
a sword 23 

Conveyed to Benjamin 
Franklin at Paris im- 
portant papers 23 

Had the honor of kissing 
the cheek of Marie An- 
toinette at 23 

In the vessel "George 
Washington," for France 
John Paul Jones was pas- 
senger, Joshua Barney 
Captain 24 

Had been nine years in the 
service of his country 25 

He was the last officer to 
quit the service July 17, 
1784, having been for 
many months the only 
officer retained by the 
United States 25 



18s 



JOHN PAUL JONES 

priating ^75,000 for the com- 
pletion of the crypt of the 
chapel at the United States 
naval academy at Annapolis, 
as a permanent resting place 
for the body of John Paul 
Jones. The plans are to be 
prepared under the directions 
of the secretary of the navy, 
and to be subject to approval 
by him and by the superinten- 
dent of the naval academy. 



JOSHUA BARNEY 

Was entertained by Presi- 
dent George Washington 30 

Was captain of the boat 
which conveyed ex-Pres- 
ident James Monroe En- 
voy Extraordinary and 
Minister Plenipotentiary 
to France 35 

Was bearer of the Amer- 
ican Flag to the Na- 
tional Convention, Paris 35 

Entered the French navy 
in 1795 36 

In 1796 was Commodore in 
the French navy 37 

Discharged from service in 
the French navy in 1802 43 

Was wounded and taken 
prisoner in battle near 
Bladensburg, not far 
from Washington, Au- 
gust 24, 1814 55 

Was presented a sword by 
the city of Washington, 
"as a testimonial of the 
high sense which this cor- 
poration entertains of his 
distinguished gallantry 
and brave conduct at the 
Battle of Bladensburg" 55 

On the 7th of October, 
1 8 14, he was despatched 
with a liag of truce to the 
British commander in 
Chesapeake Bay for the 
purpose of arranging an 
exchange of prisoners 55 



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JOSHUA BARNEY 

In i8i4theStateof Georgia 
passed a unanimous reso- 
lution expressing their 
sense of Commodore 
Barney's merits and 
thanking him for his good 
conduct in defense of the 
capital of the United 
States and was trans- 
mitted to him by the 
governor of the State 55 

All hostile operations ceased 
February, 1815, and 
Congress passed a law 
directing the discharge 
of officers and men under 
command of Commo- 
dore Barney, and April 
29, 1815, he returned to 
Baltimore 56 

As bearer of important 
despatches from the Gov- 
ernment to several Amer- 
ican plenipotentiaries, he 
sailed for Europe May 
25, 1815 56 

Congress granted a pen- 
sion from May i, 18 15, 
of six hundred dollars 
per annum 56 

The Legislature of the 
State of Kentucky 
passed the following pre- 
amble and resolution in 
1816: "The arrival of 
Commodore Joshua Bar- 
ney in Kentucky at this 
time revives in our 
recollections the distin- 



187 



JOHN PAUL JONES 



JOSHUA BARNEY 

guished services of that 
gallant officer during the 
late war and particu- 
larly at Bladensburg. 
That the military con- 
duct and achievements 
of that gentleman dur- 
ing the late war and on 
the aforesaid memorable 
occasion deserves and 
has the admiration of 
the Legislature of Ken- 
tucky." 



Soon after the death of 
Commodore Barney an 
extra session of the city 
council of Baltimore was 
held and the following 
resolutions passed. 

Resolved, "That the Mayor 
and the Presidents of the 
two branches be and 
they are hereby author- 
ized and requested to 
employ Mr. Rembrandt 
Peale to execute from 
the best likeness that can 
be obtained in the city 
a portrait of our late gal- 
lant and distinguished 
fellow - citizen Commo- 
dore Joshua Barney; 
and that the said por- 
trait be placed in the 
chamber of the first 
branch as a testimony of 
respect for his memory 
and gratitude for his pa- 
triotic services. 



57 



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JOHN PAUL JONES 



JOSHUA BARNEY 

A monument composed 
of a plain marble slab 
resting upon a granite 
base and supported by 
six handsomely turned 
pillars or balusters of 
the same material was 
placed in the cemetery 
of the First Presbyterian 
Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

This monument was removed 
later by the First Presbyterian 
Church Society and a new one 
was placed in the Allegheny 
Cemetery. 



189 



CAPTAIN JEROME BONAPARTE 



CAPTAIN JEROME BONAPARTE 



In the year 1796 Captain Joshua Barney of the 
American Navy received a rank in the French Navy 
equal to that of commodore in the service of the United 
States. From this service he obtained release in 1802 
and returned to his home in Baltimore. Jerome Bona- 
parte, the youngest brother of Napoleon, was in early 
life placed in the naval service of France and during 
the time that Captain Joshua Barney was connected 
with the French government, the two young naval 
officers became acquainted and the friendship lasted 
well through life. Lieutenant Jerome Bonaparte ac- 
companied a French expedition to the island of St. 
Domingo, which proved unsuccessful and later he 
returned to France as bearer of despatches and in 1802 
sailed for New York in command of a French frigate. 
Of course the fame of Napoleon insured for Jerome a 
cordial reception in America and he was received with 
great honors wherever he went. Soon after his arrival 
in New York, the young naval officer found his way to 
Baltimore and here he met with a distinguished recep- 
tion from Captain Barney and other prominent citizens 
of the place. At the house of Samuel Chase, one of the 
Maryland signers of the Declaration of Independence 
and father of Mary who in 1808 married William Bed- 
ford Barney, eldest son of Commodore Joshua Barney, 
Captain Bonaparte met a great number of persons in 

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high social, poHtical and literary life. *It was here 
that he made the acquaintance of Miss Elizabeth 
Patterson whom he subsequently married. 

The social life of Baltimore during the visit of Cap- 
tain Bonaparte was brilliant, and Captain Barney was 
a faithful friend in keeping young Bonaparte in touch 
with cultured Baltimore. At Govanstown the races 
were attended by the beauty and social element of 
Baltimore and it is stated that one day as Jerome rode 
out to the races from Baltimore that he was one of the 
most superb-looking men then living. It is claimed by 
Mary Chase Barney in her "Biographical Memoirs of 
Commodore Joshua Barney," that it was at one of 
these social events that Bonaparte, in company with 
Comm.odore Barney, first met Miss Patterson. Later 
Commodore Barney very prudently and firmly remon- 
strated with young Bonaparte against forming an 
attachment with the young lady, situated as he was, 
and he also felt it his duty to make the same represen- 
tations to the family of Miss Patterson and thus instead 
of assisting Jerome in the step which he seemed re- 
solved upon taking, young Barney did everything that 
strict propriety would justify to prevent its consumma- 
tion. 

On his visit young Bonaparte was invited by Commo- 
dore Barney to reside with him during his stay in 
Baltimore. The invitation was gratefully accepted 
and he remained several weeks to enjoy the hospi- 
tality of his family. Jerome was accompanied by 
his friend General Reubel, a secretary, physician and a 

* "The Bonaparte-Patterson Marriage, 1803 and the Secret Correspondence on the 
Subject" by W. T. K. Saffell, 1873. 

194 




Monument erected to the memor\- of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte 
Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland. 



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(Elizabeth Patterson) 




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large suite of attendants. Together they visited Phila- 
delphia, York, Lancaster, the Springs and other 
fashionable places of summer resort, and the races at 
the beautiful village of Havre-de-Grace on the Sus- 
quehanna. 



195 



BALTIMORE 



In the Federal Gazette of Tuesday, December 27, 
1803, is the following: 

"Married on Saturday evening last by the Reverend 
Bishop Carroll Mr. Jerome Bonaparte, youngest brother 
of the First Consul of the French Republic to Miss 
Elizabeth Patterson eldest daughter of William Pat- 
terson of this city. 



In a letter dated at New York September 5th, 1804, 
addressed to her father William Patterson, Baltimore, 
Maryland, Mrs. Bonaparte writes: 

"We have made a journey here for nothing, as Gen- 
eral Armstrong, the Ambassador, after writing to Mr. 
Bonaparte that he would be delighted at taking me to 
France with him, changed his mind and went off with- 
out me. To-morrow we are to leave this place for 
Philadelphia and from thence we go to Springfield 
(Maryland) immediately." 

Jerome Bonaparte with his bride visited West Brook- 
iield this same year (1804), and probably on this same 
trip. 

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Bonaparte sailed from Europe (France) July 15, 1824 
and arrived in New York harbor at the end of August. 
She was met by her son and she accompanied him to 
Lancaster, Massachusetts. She returned in November 
and her son accompanied her (from Lancaster, near 
Fitchburg) to Hartford, where she took the steamer 
for New York on her way to Baltimore." The route 
was undoubtedly through Springfield, as this was the 
regular highway. 



Miss Elizabeth Patterson, after her marriage in 
1803, called herself Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte until she 
obtained a divorce from the Legislature of Maryland 
in 1814 with permission to resume her maiden name. 
From that time onward she always signed herself 
"Elizabeth Patterson," but was very generally known 
and rather frequently addressed as "Madame 
Bonaparte." 



197 



Note. — Probably the best account published of the 
Bonaparte-Patterson episode is to be found in the book 
entitled, "The Bonaparte-Patterson Marriage, 1803 
and the Secret Correspondence on the Subject," by 
W. T. R. Saffell. 12 mo. 254 pages. Portrait. Pub- 
lished in 1873. 



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Note. — Our Bath, England, agents report that they 
examined all the records of the Public Record Office, 
London, for vessels sailing from England to Salem for 
the years 1630-1634 and that every available document 
must have been "unearthed," but no trace of the vessel 
in which Jacob Barney (Salem 1634) sailed could be 
found. 



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BARNEY 



I Jacob, settled in Salem, 1634 

II Jacob, born England 

III John 1665 

IV William 1701 
V William 

VI Jairus Sidney 1799 

VII Everett Hosmer 1835 

VIII George Murray 1863 

Note. — One William Barney settled in Balti- 
more (about) 1695 

William, Jr., 1718 

Joshua 1759 

and are probably descendants of this same Jacob, 1634. 



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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



The Library of Congress has the following maps and 
publications referring to Battle of Bladensburg: 

"Sketch of the march of the British army under Gen- 
eral Ross, from the 19th to the 29th 7\ugust 18 14. From 
a sketch by D. Evans L*. ^^. Dr"^ Dy. As^ Q^ Mas^. 
Gen^" 173/2 X 13K — Inset map: "Sketch of the engage- 
ment on the 24th of August 18 14 between the British 
and American forces." 93^2 ^ g}^. 

(In Ingraham (E. D.) a sketch of the events which 
preceded the capture of Washington by the British. . 8°. 
Philadelphia, Carey & Hart, 1849). 



The affair at Bladensburg, Aug. 21, 1814. 6x7. 

(In Wilkinson (J.) Diagrams and plans illustrative 
of the principal battles and military affairs treated of 
in memoirs of my own times. 4° Philadelphia, A. 
Small, 1816. noi7). 



Map of the battle of Bladensburg 8 x s}/^. 

(In Parker (C. T.) A narrative of the battle of 
Bladensburg; in a letter to Henry Banning. By an 
officer of gen. Smith's staff, (n.p., 1814?) 

201 



Map of the battle ground at Bladensburg. Aug. 24, 
1814. 5^x63^. 

(In Williams (J. S.) History of the invasion and 
capture of Washington, and of the events which pre- 
ceded and followed. 12°. New York, Harper & Bros., 

1857). 

March of the British army from Benedict to Bladens- 
burg. 7 X 5. — Inset map: Plan of the battle ground 
at Bladensburg. 4^ x 33^. 

(In Lossing (B. J.) The American revolution and 
the war of 1812. 3 V. 8°. New York, New York Book 
concern, 1875. v. 3, p. 929). 

SPECTATOR, pseud. 

An enquiry respecting the capture of Washington 
by the British, on the 24th August, 18 14: with an ex- 
amination of the report of committee of investiga- 
tion appointed by Congress. By Spectator. Wash- 
ington city. Printed 18 16. 32 p. 

Attributed to John Armstrong, secretary of war. 
cf. Winsor. 

YOUNG, FRANCIS J. 

Bladensburg, an old Maryland town. By F. J. 
Young. 

(In Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company, Book of 
the Royal Blue, Baltimore, 1906. v. 9, no. 4, (Janu- 
ary, 1906). p. (11) — 17. illus.). 

WINDER, RIDER H. 

Remarks on a pamphlet, entitled "An enquiry re- 
specting the capture of Washington by the British, on 

202 



the 24th of August, 1814, with, &:c. &:c. By Spectator." 
Baltimore, Printed by J. Robinson, 1816. 
I p. I, 72 p. 

WELLER, MICHAEL IGNATIUS, 1846— 

. . . Unwelcome visitors to Washington, August 24, 

1 814, by M. I. Wcllcr and James Ewell, M.D.: The 

military and private secretaries of George Washington, 

by Mary S. Beall. Washington, The Society, 1895. 

cover-title, 64 p. 

Reprinted from Records of the Columbia historical 
society, vol. i, no. 2, p. 55-118. 



The Library of Congress also contains the following 
newspapers covering the period: 

Daily Federal Republican, Georgetown, D. C. 

Daily National Intelligencer, Washington. 

New York Gazette and General advertiser. 

New York Evening Post. 

Boston Gazette. 

Boston weekly messenger. 

Boston Spectator. 

Note. — While there are various monuments com- 
memorating the war of 1812-14 and various individuals 
connected with that war, there is no monument com- 
memorating the battle of Bladensburg. The English 
government has celebrated the event by connecting 
the name of Bladensburg with that of Ross, for ex- 
ample, the present Lord is called Lord Ross of Bladens- 
burg. 

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foshua Barney 

Born March 2, 1778, Taunton, Mass. 

Died April 29, 1861, Springfield, Mass. 

Buried in the Peabody Cemetery, Springfield, Mass. 



BARNEY 

(or Barne) 

Extracts and References 
from English Sources 



The BARNEY (or BARNE) family ;incidentally 

of the American Commodore Joshua Barney; 

Extracts and References 

from 

English Sources 



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BARNEY (pronounced BAR-NI) Joshua. 
Born at Baltimore, July 6, 1759. 
Died at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Dec. i, 1818. 
American Naval Officer in the Revolutionary War. 

He became a lieutenant in 1776; captured, while in 
command of the Hyder Ali, the British sloop of War 
GENERAL MONK, April 8, 1782; was sent to France 
with despatches for Franklin in 1782; was a captain in 
the French service 1795-1800; commanded in Chesa- 
peake Bay in 1814, and was taken prisoner at Bladens- 
burg in the same year. 

vide Smith's Century Cyclopaedia of Names," 
London and New York (1903), page 122. 

BARNE the word according to Murray's "New En- 
glish Dictionary," 1888,— in its early use was descrip- 
tive of an "Assembly or body of barons, baronage." 
Its most ancient use as such was as early as the year 
1375. The word BARNE was used in Cornwall as 
early as 1602 as a description of a certain kind of fish. 
It has also been used as a variation of Bairn, Barn, and . 
Burn. 

206 



1746. A MR. RICHARD BARNEY was buried in 
THE ABBEY CHURCH, Bath, England 28th. March, 
1746.— 
vide "Bath Abbey Registers." 

1871. CONSTANCE ADELAIDE BARNE, com- 
monly known as LADY CONSTANCE ADELAIDE 

BARNE, daughter of the Fifth Marquess of Hertford. 
Married in 1871, Lieutenant Colonel F. St. John 
Barne, late of Scots Guards, of Sotterly Park, Wang- 
ford, in the County of Suffolk, England. — vide Fox- 
Davies's "Armorial Families," 1897. page, 67. 

BARNEY, Joseph, a Fruit and Flower Painter. 

Born at Wolverhampton, England, in 1751. At the 
age of 16 he went to London and studied under Zucchi 
and Angelica Kauffmann. He gained a premium at 
the Society of Arts in 1774, and whilst quite young was 
appointed drawing master at the Royal Military Acad- 
emy. He held this post for 27 years. He first exhibited 
at the Royal Academy in 1786. He dealt at first with 
classical, and afterwards with religious subjects, later 
he painted domestic life, and sank finally to flower 
painting in the service of the Prince Regent (George 
IV.). Llis last time of exhibiting was in 1827. — 

vide "Dictionary of National Biography." 1885. 
Volume 3, page 262. 

The Norfolk and Kent (England) branch of the 
family for crest have: — 

A plume of seven feathers, azure and gules, four at 
bottom, three at top. A variation is without the coro- 

207 



net (as illustrated in Washbourne), and one feather 
added to bottom row. — 

vide Washbourne's "Book of Family Crests," 1847. 

BARNEYS (The) of Finchiniield, Essex, England, are 
mentioned in the HARLEIAN MANUSCRIPTS, 
1137, folio, 36 b., 1432 27b. 

BARNEY (Joseph) Engraver. Practised about the 
end of the i8th century. There are some plates by 
him after BASSANO, and in the dotted (or stipple) 
manner after HAMILTON and others. — 

vide Redgrave's "Dictionary of Artists," volume 8, 
1874. 

BARNEY (Joseph) Flower painter, son of Joseph 
Barney, 175 1. He practised at Southampton, England. 
He exhibited at the Water-Colour Society in 18 15 and 
the three following years, and was an occasional ex- 
hibitor in London. — 

vide Redgrave's "Dictionary of Artists," volume 8, 
1874. 

BARNEY (William Whiston) Engraver, brother of 
Joseph. He was a pupil of S. W. Reynolds, and prac- 
tised in Mezzotint. He engraved among others, por- 
traits of the Marquis of Blandford, after Cosway, R. A.; 
Sir Arthur Wellesley, after Hoppner, R. A.; and some 
sporting subjects after Reinagle, R. A. About 1805 he 
quitted his profession, purchased a commission in the 

208 



army, and rose to some distinction in the Peninsular 
campaign. 

vide Redgrave's "Dictionary of Artists," volume 8, 
1874. 

BARNEYS (The) of the county of Kent, England, are 
mentioned in the HARLEIAN MANUSCRIl^S 4108 
folio 65. 

BARNE (The) Family of Kent, are mentioned in the 
HARLEIAN ADDITIONAL MANUSCRIPTS, 14, 

307, folio 6b. A reference to the coat of arms of the 
family only. 

BARNE (The) Family of London, are mentioned in 
the HARLEIAN MANUSCRIPTS, 1504, folios ii6b., 
175b., and 1541, folio 193. 

BARNE (The), or BARON Family, from the County 
of Essex, are also mentioned in the HARLEIAN 
MANUSCRIPTS, 1463, folios 52b., 54, 65, and 
406b., as then of LONDON. 

BARNEY (The) Family of GUNTON, and REDHAM, 
Norfolk, have references to them in the HARLEIAN 
AIANUSCRIPTS, 1177, folio 94, 1552 folio 209b, and 
1552, folio 233b., and to their coats of arms, 6093, 
folios 2 and 4. 

BARNE (The) Family of STOKE, Surrey, from the 
County of Kent, and their coat of arms are mentioned 
in the HARLEIAN ADDITIONAL MANUSCRIPTS, 
5533, folio 263b. 

209 



(The HARLEIAN and ADDITIONAL MANU- 
SCRIPTS, quoted above are in the BRITISH MU- 
SEUM, London, and can be consulted and extracts 
made and supplied by arrangements.) 

"BARNEY, Joshua, 

Born 1759. 

Died, 1818. 
A brilliant American naval officer who served in the 
War of Independence and captured the GENERAL 
MONK, and in 1812 bore a distinguished part in the 
battle of Bladensburg." 

vide Cassell's "New Biographical Dictionary," 1892, 
page loi. 

"BARNEY, Joshua, a distinguished Naval Commander 
in the service of the United States, was born at Balti- 
more, in 1759. When a boy he made several voyages 
to Europe; and in 1776, when not seventeen, he was 
presented v/ith a lieutenant's commission on account 
of his bravery. During the struggle for American In- 
dependence, BARNEY took several vessels, and per- 
formed numerous acts of gallantry; was taken and 
retaken; taken again and sent to Plymouth, from 
which place he made his escape; was again retaken, 
but finally escaped, and arrived in Philadelphia in 1782. 
He immediately entered on active duty, and continued 
a successful career till the end of the war. In 1795 he 
received the commission of captain in the French ser- 
vice, and commanded a French squadron, but resigned 
his command in 1800, and returned to America. In 

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i8i3 he was appointed to command the flotilla for de- 
fence of the Chesapeake. During the summer of 1814 
he kept up an active warfare with the British; but 
having landed most of his men, and joined the army 
when they entered Patuxent, he was wounded and 
made prisoner. 

Died at Pittsburg 1818." 

Vide Maunder's "New Universal Biography," 1847, 
page 76. 

"BARNEY, Joshua, a distinguished American Sea- 
man, who was born at Baltimore on the 6th. of July 
1759. He went to sea whilst quite a youth, and at the 
beginning of the Revolutionary War, entered an Ameri- 
can sloop in the capacity of master's mate. He ac- 
companied the squadron of Commodore Hopkins, by 
which, in 1775, the capture of New Providence was 
effected. His gallantry obtained for him the rank of 
lieutenant, and he was taken prisoner by the English, 
but soon exchanged. In October, 1779, he together 
with a friend, captured a considerable prize, and in the 
next year married. In a few weeks after this, he was 
robbed of all his money in going to Baltimore, and 
without mentioning his loss, he soon went again to sea, 
where he was taken prisoner, carried to England, and 
confined at Plymouth, from whence however, he 
escaped, and returning to Pennsylvania, received the 
command of a small ship with which he captured the 
GENERAL MONK, belonging to the English Fleet. 
In the latter end of the year, he was employed to 
carry despatches to Dr. Franklin, at Paris, and to bring 

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back a quantity of bullion lent by the French king to 
the United States. In 1796 he went again to France 
with Mr. Munroe, deputed the bearer of the national 
flag to the Convention, and held for a short time a 
naval command under the French Government. He 
resigned it in 1800, and returned to America, and in 
1 813 was appointed to the command of the flotilla 
assembled to protect the CHESAPEAKE. He was 
present at the engagement of Bladensburg, on the 24th 
of August, 1 8 14, and was wounded. In A/[ay, 1815, he 
went on a mission to Europe, and returned in October 
following. After this he lived in retirement, and died 
on the 1st of December 1818, at Pittsburg, on his way 
to Kentucky, where he had intended to settle. He 
served his country for forty-one years, and was engaged, 
says Dr. Allen, in twenty-six battles and one duel. — 
Vide Rose's "New General Biographical Dictionary," 
1848, p. 202. 



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A PARTIAL LIST OF WRITINGS AND DOCU- 
MENTS PUBLISHED RELATING TO COMMO- 
DORE JOSHUA BARNEY AND OTHERS BY 
THE NAME OF BARNEY 



Baltimore: past and present. With biographical 
sketches of its representative men. Baltimore, 
Richardson & Bennett, 1871. 562 pp. Portraits 8°. 

Joshua Barney, pp. 181-184. 

Barney, Mrs. Mary 

A biographical memoir of the late Commodore 
Joshua Barney: from autobiographical notes and 
journals in possession of his family, and other 
authentic sources. 

Boston: Gray and Bowen, 1832. xvi, 328 pp. *Por- 
tralt 8°. 

Reviewed in American Quarterly Review, March, 
1833, V 13: 1-30. 

Duyckinck, Evert Augustus 

National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans 
New York: Johnson, Fry & Company, 1862. 2 v. 
Portraits 4°. 

Joshua Barney, v. i, pp. 212-221. 



♦James Wood, 1798-1807, Enjsraver. Sketch of him is to be found in "Uunlap'* 
History of Arts and Designs. Vol. 2. Page 97. 

213 



o 



Frost, John 

American naval biography. 

Philadelphia: E. H. Butler, 1844. Portraits 8°. 
Joshua Barney, pp. 106-134. 

Herring, James, editor 

The National Portrait Gallery of distinguished 
Americans: with biographical sketches Philadelphia: 
D. Rice & A. N. Hart, 1854 4 v. 4°. 
Joshua Barney, v. 3, pp. 151-166. 

Jones, Abner Dumont 

The American portrait gallery: containing correct 
portraits and brief notices of the principal actors in 
American history. 

New York: J. M. Emerson and Company, 1855. 8 
Joshua Barney, pp. 497-498. 

Judson, L. Carroll 

The sages and heroes of the American Revolution 
Philadelphia: Published by the author, 1 85 1. 8 
Joshua Barney, pp. 39-49. 

Rogers, Thomas J., compiler 

A new American biographical dictionary. 
Easton, Pennsylvania: Thomas J. Rogers, 1824. 8°. 
Joshua Barney, pp. 38-50. 

United States. loth Congress, first session. 
House executive documents. 
Petition of Joshua Barney, praying to be admitted 

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to a seat in the House to represent the city of Balti- 
more, and complaining of undue election and return 
of W. McCreery. November 9, 1807. 4 pp. 

Report on the election of W. McCreery. Amending 
report on the memorial of Joshua Barney, of Balti- 
more, complaining of the undue election and return 
of W. McCreery as a representative. December 7, 
1807. 18 pp. 

26th Congress, first session. House Report Num- 
ber 535. 

Report from the committee on naval affairs, to whom 
was referred the petition of Harriet Barney, w^idow 
of Commodore Barney, May 25, 1840. i page. 8°. 

26th Congress, second session. Senate report num- 
ber 76. 

Report from the committee on claims, to whom was 
referred the petition and papers of John Pritchett. 
January 28, 1842. 4 pp. 8°. 

Petitioner entered claim for sixty barrels of tar 
burned by order of Commodore Barney. 

White, J. T. 

National Biographical Encyclopedia, vol. 4, pp. 167. 

Scharf, J. T. 

Baltimore, Maryland, Chronicles of, being a com- 
plete history of. 8 vo., 756 pp., 1874. 

Vermont. Rolls of the soldiers in the Revolutionary 
war, 1775-1783. Compiled by J. E. Goodrich, 8 vo. 
927 pp. 1904. 

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Maclay's History of the Navy, War of 1812 
Vol. I. Page 583. 

Original lists of persons of quality who went to America, 
1600 to 1700. By J. C. Hotten. 4 to. 580 pages. 
J. W. Bouton. 1880. 

Taunton Massachusetts, History of 

By Samuel Hopkins Emery. 4 to. Portraits. 878 
pages. 1893. 

Office of Register of Deeds, Newport, Rhode Island, 

1763, Barney, Sarah, widow, bought of 37 acres 

in Kings Town. 

Bristol, Rhode Island. First Congregational Church 
Record, 

Barnee (or Barney) Mary was received into full com- 
munion of April 12, 1696. 

Commodore Joshua Barney: The Hero of the Battle 
of Bladensburg. Incidents of his life gleaned from 
contemporaneous sources. By M. I. Weller. 
Columbia Historical Society, Vol. 14, page 67. 



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INDEX 

Adams, Joel Willard no 

Adams, Mrs. J. W 178 

Adams, M. Virginia no 

Adams, Nicholson Barney no, 178 

Aiken, Matilda 85, 96 

Aisquith, William 56 

Alexander, Captain 184 

Angell, James 119 

Antoinette, Marie 140, 185 

Arbuthnot, Admiral 136 

Armstrong, General 196 

Baldwin, Ann 86 

Baltimore, Lord 27, 157 

Bankson, John I45 

Barney, A 120 

Barney, Absalom 42, 47, 48, 63, n 5, 127 

Barney, Adelee 77 

Barney, Ann 87, n6, n7 

Barney, Anna 42, n6, n6 

Barney, Anna S 116 

Barney, Anne n8, n9, n9, n9, n9, n9 

Barney, Anne Bedford 9^ 

Barney, Anne (Bedford) 7^, 84, 90, 94 

Barney, Anne (Dornin) 98, 106, no, n 2 

Barney, Belle Mcintosh 98, no 

Barney, Benjamin . . . 42, 42, 47, 48, n 7, n 8, 128 

Barney, Carolina S 94 

Barney, Caroline 77, §7, > i^» i '9 

217 



Barney, Caroline Hindman 98 

Barney, Caroline Louisa 91 

Barney, Caroline W 87 

Barney, Caroline Williams 87, 116 

Barney, Catherine Chase 87 

Barney, Charity 67, 116 

Barney, Charity (Stiles) 70 

Barney, Charles R 120, 121, 121 

Barney, Charlotte 87 

Barney, Chase 88, 116 

Barney, Clara Louise 87, 116 

Barney, Eliza 78, 78, 116 

Barney, Eliza Jacobs (Rogers) 98 

Barney, Eliza (Rogers) 104 

Barney, Elizabeth 

23, 27, 27, 27, 28, 28, 29, 29, 29, 41, 41, 42, 42, 42, 64, 

66, 66, 66, 70, 115, 115, 115, 128, 128, 128, 129 

Barney, Elizabeth Hindman 98, 104 

Barney, Elizabeth (Hindman) 98? 99 

Barney, Elizabeth Rawlings (sometimes written Rollins 

and Rawlins) 90, 116 

Barney, Elizabeth (Stevenson) 41 

Barney, Elizabeth Young 85,96,116 

Barney, Esther 119 

Barney, Esther Nicholson . . . 98,177,177,178,178 

Barney, Evelina 84 

Barney, Everett Hosmer 200 

Barney, Frances 116 

Barney, Frances Holland 115, 115, 126 

Barney, Frances Holland (Watts) 

53, 53, 53, 53, 53, 54, 54, 54, 54, 54, 55, 56, 56, 64, 70, 

74, 76, 129 
Barney, Frances Van Wyck 91 

218 



Barney, Francis ii6 

Barney, George Murray 2CX) 

Barney, Georgianna (Carroll) lOO 

Barney, Mrs. (Harriet) 165 

Barney, Harriot 116 

Barney, Hebe 70 

Barney, Helen Winder 98 

Barney, Henry 77, 119 

Barney, Isabelle Aiken 85,96, 116 

Barney, Jacob 199, 200, 200, 200, 200 

Barney, Jairus Sidney 200 

Barney, John 70, -j-j, 94, 94, 98, 99, 1 15, 1 19, 1 19, 119, 200 

Barney, John H 71, 120 

Barney, John Holland 64, 67, 67, 68, 70, 70, 88, 116, 129 

Barney, John Hollins 78, 78 

Barney, Captain J. N 107, 178 

Barney, Dr. J. N 107, 178 

Barney, Mrs. J. N 107 

Barney, Joseph Nicholson 

94, 98, 98, 98, 99, 99, 104, 106, no, 112 

Barney, Joseph Nicholson, Jr 98, 106 

Barney, Josephine Carter .... 106, 106, 107, 108 
Barney (Commodore), Joshua 

41, 64, 66, 67, 74, 76, 76, 78, 78, 78, 79, 79, 79, 79, 80, 
81, 84, 85, 86, 86, 86, 88, 90, 94, 96, 100, loi, 107, 116, 



116, 116, 117, 117, 119, 119, 119, 119, 

124, 124, 124, 124, 126, 127, 128, 128, 

130, 132, 132, 132, 133, 134, 135, 135, 

137, 138, 138, 140, 140, 140, 144, 145, 

150, 150, 150, 152, 153, 153, 153, 153, 

158, 158, 160, 160, 160, 161, 162, 165, 

166, 168, 170, 171, 171, 171, 172, 172, 

174, 174, 174, 174, 176, 177, 178, 181, 



119, 119, 120, 

129, 129, 129, 

136, 137, 137, 

145, 145, 148, 

153, 154. i54» 

165, 165, 166, 

173, ^11. 173, 

184, 184, 184, 



219 



i85, 185, 186, 187, 187, 187, 187, 188, 188, 188, 189, 
192, 192, 192, 192, 194, 194, 194, 194, 194, 194, 200 

Barney, Joshua Carroll 96, 100, loi 

Barney, Louis . TJ, 90, 90, 116, 116, 116, 117, 117, 119 

Barney, Margaret 115 

Barney, Margrett or Margret or Margarett . 64, 67, 129 

Barney, Maria Frances 67, 70, 116 

Barney, Martha 42, 127 

Barney, Mary 

43, 48, 48, 48, 48, 62, 63, 64, 67, 87, US, 115, 115, 115, 
115, 116, 116, 116, 118, 124, 127, 128, 128, 128, 128, 
128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 129, 130, 130, 
130 

Barney, Mary ( ) 42 

Barney, Mary Ann 120, 121 

Barney, Mary Beale 99, 112 

Barney, Mary Chase 117, 194 

Barney, Mary (Chase) 87, 87, 96 

Barney, Matilda 116, 116, 117, 117, 120 

Barney, Matilda (Aiken) 100 

Barney, Merkle 120 

Barney, Merriam (or Maria) Monroe 87 

Barney, Moses 42, 48, 48, 61, 117, 118, 118, 118, 118, 128 

Barney, Nannie Dornin 98, 177, 177, 177 

Barney, Peggy 64, 67, 129 

Barney, Polly 120 

Barney, Rawlins 117 

Barney, Rawlins Louis 91 

Barney, Rebecca 117 

Barney, Rebecca R 85 

Barney, Rebecca Ridgely . . . 84,85,96,117,117 

Barney, Ruth 43,48,48,115,117,128 

Barney, Sarah 118, 118, 118, 118 



220 



Barney, Sylvester 120 

Barney, Thomas 42, 118 

Barney, Thomas Dornin 99 

Barney, William 

21, 21, 21, 22, 22, 29, 30, 33, 33, 33, 34, 41, 41, 41, 42, 
47, 47, 47, 48, 49, 49, 55, 56, 61, 61, 63, 66, 68, 87, 115, 

115, 115, 115, 115, 115, ii5> ii5i 115, 116, 116, 116, 

116, 117, 117, 119, 125, 125, 126, 126, 126, 127, 127, 

127, 127, 127, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 128, 

128, 128, 128, 129, 130, 130, 130, 200, 200, 200 
Barney, William (Junior) 

41, 42, 47, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, 54, 54, 54, 54, 54, 55, ^i, 
61, 61, 61, 61, 61, 62, 62, 62, 62, 63, 64, 64, 66, 66, 68, 
68, 70, 74, 76, 200 

Barney (Second son William) 42, 47, 48 

Barney, Will 



amB 87,87,88 

am Bedford . 76, 84, 86, 87, 88, 96, 192 

am Joshua . . 85,96,100,100,101,117 

am Joshua, Jr. ^01 

am R 88 

am Stevenson . 64, 67, 74, 74, 129, 135, 154 

Beard, John 48, 59, 60, 60, 61 

Bedford, Anne 7^ 

Bedford, Gunning 7^,76 

120 

120 



Barney, Will 
Barney, Will 
Barney, Will 
Barney, Will 
Barney, Will 



Bell, Thomas . 
Belloc, Francis 
Bentalau, Paul 
Bladen, Governor 
Bladen, Thomas 



145 

86 

157 



Blake, James ><^ 

Bonaparte, Jerome 

192, 192, 192, 192, 192, 194, 194, 194, 194, 194, 194, 

194, 194, 194, 196, 196, 196, 198, 198 



221 



Bonaparte, Mrs. (Jerome) .... 196, 197, 197, 197 

Bond, Peter 26, 26, 28, 29 

Bond, Sarah 42, 117 

Bond, Thomas 61, 62 

Bordley, John Beale 

53> 53, 53, 54, 54, 54, 54, 55, 55, 55, 55, 56 
Bowen, A 140 

Bozley, Delilah 42, 117 

Brown, Hugh 117 

Butler, Absalom 62 

Byron, Lord 163 

Cabot, Messrs 152 

Caldwell, Captain 135 

Carroll, Bishop 196 

Carroll, Georgianna Floyd 85, 100 

Carroll, William Byers 85, 100 

Carter, Dr. D. D 106 

Carter, Julia A 106 

Chase, Mary 86, 86, 86, 86, 192 

Chase, Samuel 86, 86, 86, 86, 86, 192 

Chase, Thomas 86 

Clay, Henry 157 

Clemm, William 145 

Cockburn, Admiral 174 

Cole (or Coale), Harriet 76 

Crepin, L. P 137 

Dampheaux, — 87, 87 

Davidson, — 172 

Dawson, Doctor 171, 174 

de Zeng, Josephine 114 

Dickinson, Governor 137 

Diffendorfer, Dr. Michael 120 

Dornin, Anne Geddon 98 

222 



Dornin, Commodore Thomas A 107 

Dornin, Thomas L 98 

Ellicott, William 96 

Ellicott, William M 85 

Elwell, Doctor 174 

Ensor, John 61 

Evans, Job 49, 49 

Evans, John 49, 49 

Ford, Mordecai 43 

Franklin, Dr 134, 140, 185 

Franklin, Thomas 27 

Gales, Jo, Jr 160 

Giles, Hannah Kitty 86 

Gill, Absolem 118 

Gill, John 118 

Gill, William 118 

Glendy,— 87 

Gorter, Albert L 84 

Grant, Mr HS 

Griest, Isaac I45 

Groggon, James H 

Gwathmey, Mrs. Margaret 120 

Gwathmey, Mary Ann 121 

Gwathmey, Robert 120,121,121 

Hanson, A. C 88 

Harrington, George 87 

Harris, Th. Junr. 5^ 

Hayes, Archer 84 

Hayward, Harriet 7^ 

Hay ward, Henry ^^" 

Hayward, Mary B 84, 85 

Hindman, Elizabeth Nicholson 94 

Holcomb, Elizabeth (Barney) I04»JH 



223 



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Holcomb, Elizabeth Hindman 114 

Holcomb, Franklin Porteous 104, 108 

Holcomb, Helen Olivia 114 

Holcomb, Henry Lawrence 114 

Holcomb, James Rogers 104, 114 

Holcomb, James Rogers, Jr. 114 

Holcomb, Olivia Murray 114 

Holcomb, Randolph Peyton 114 

Holcomb, Rebecca Taylor 104 

Holcomb, Thomas 98, 104, 104, 114, 114 

Holcomb, Thomas, Jr 104 

Hooker, Martha 47 

Hooker, Richard 42, 47 

Hopkins, Commodore 133 

Ingraham, Edward D 94 

Israeli, John 26, 26, 28, 29 

Johnson, Edward 88, 154 

Jones, John Paul 

106, 106, 107, 107, 108, 108, 134, 170, 184, 184, 185, 
185, 185, 185, 185, 185, 185, 186, 186, 187, 188, 189 

Jones, William 162, 185 

Kelly, Frank Howe 100 

Kelly, May Florence 100 

Kenedy, John 141, 141 

Key, Francis Scott 158 

Lafayette, — iS7 

Lees, John 55) 55 

Lincoln, Abraham 124 

Long, Major 172 

Manly, Robert 55» 55 

M'Cabe, Lieutenant 170, 172 

McHenry, James 145 

McKim, Major 154 

224 



Meade, Lieutenant 172 

Miles, Mary 71 

Monroe, James 186 

Moore, Bishop 121 

Morgan, Henery 47 

Morgan, John 57? 58 

"Morray," Jabez 49, 49 

"Morray," Morgan 

23, 23, 23, 24, 24, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 26, 26, 26, 26, 29, 

29, 29 

*'Morray," Sarah 26 

Mowry, Doctor 171, 174 

Murray, Morgan . . 21, 21, 21, 21, 22, 23, 41, 61, 127 

Napoleon 153, 192, 192 

Nicholson, Captain 135 

Nicholson, Commodore James 108 

Nicholson, Commodore Samuel 108 

Ogle, Samuel 35> 35 

Oldfield, Thomas W 87 

Oliver, — 118 

Parker, Sir Peter 163 

Passley, John 22, 26, 28 

Patterson, Elizabeth 

194, 194, 194, 194, 196, 197, 197, 198, 198 

Patterson, William 196, 196 

Peale, Rembrandt 166, 188 

Pentland, E 172 

Perry, Commodore 108 

Postell, William Ross 87 

Randall, Christopher 22, 26 

Redmond, Morton 100 

Reubel, General 194 

Ridgely, Charles S 88, 88 

225 






Ridgely, Rebecca 84, 117 

Rigby, Alexander . 120 

Rigby, Sophia Ann 120 

Risteau, Talbott 30 

Robinson, Captain 134 

Rodgers, Captain 170 

Rodgers, John 154 

Rogers, Benjamin , 56 

Rogers, Captain 136, 136, 173 

Rogers, Eliza Jacobs 98 

Rogers, James 98 

Rogers, Nicholas 145 

Rogers, William 61 

Rogers, William H n, 87 

Ross, Betsey 133, 133, 133, 134 

Ross, General 174, 174 

Ross, Lord 203 

Rutter, Richard 43> 63 

Rutter, Thomas 61, 61 

Saffell, W. T. R 194, 198 

Sater, Henry 21, 21, 22, 22, 127 

Say, Mary Ann 120 

Scull, Captain Edward .... 171, 171, 173, 173 

Scull, John 171, 173 

Sheilas, Solomon 62 

Smith, R 145 

Smith, Robert 137 

Smith, Thorowgood 145 

Stevenson, Edward 21, 41 

Stevenson, Elizabeth 41 

Stevenson, Mary 

22, 23, 23, 23, 23, 23, 24, 24, 24, 25, 25, 25, 26, 26, 26, 
27, 27, 28, 28, 28, 28, 28, 29, 29, 29, 29, 41, 41, 128 

226 



Stiles, Charity 70 

Stiles, Edward 77 

Stone, Captain William 132 

Swan, J 145 

Tasker, Benja 27 

Taylor, L 154, 154 

Taylor, Thomas 28 

Thompson, Charles R. B 84 

Thompson, Eliza Young 84, 169 

Thompson, Mary Rebecca 84 

Thompson, Stephen J. .... 84, 84, 84, 85, 85 

Thorburn, Charles Edmundson 108 

Trevillo, Captain ^jo, i-ji 

Trippe, Edward 42 

Van Wyck, Anne 117 

Van Wyck, Anne Stedman 77> 9° 

Van Wyck, William 9° 

Waddy, Isaac 77 

Warner, Charlotte Lilian loi 

Warner, John De Witt loi 

W^ashington, General 76, 186 

Washington, George 86, 145, 145, 145 

Watts, Frances Holland .... 42,64,66,125,128 

Webster, Daniel I57 

Webster, Margaret 7^ 

Weightman, R. C 160 

White, Annie Dornin 112 

White, Elijah Brockenbrough 112 

White, Helen Brockenbrough 112 

White, John G 99,1^2 

White, Thomas 49. 49, 57, 5^, 59, 60, 60 

Wilkins, G 172 

Wilkins, H 172 

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Williams, Mary Barney 120 

154 



Williams, N 

Williams, Nathaniel 77 

Williams, O. H 145 

Yorke, Sir Joseph 134 



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